HyperDic: cut_out

English > 7 senses of the expression cut out:
VERBchangecut outdelete or remove
contactcut outform and create by cutting out
contactcut out, cut offcut off and stop
contactcut out, scratch outstrike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
competitioncut out, cut downintercept (a player)
changecut outcease operating
ADJECTIVEallcut outhaving been cut out
English > cut out: 7 senses > adjective 1
MeaningHaving been cut out.
Broadercutfashioned or shaped by cutting
Spanishrecortado
English > cut out: 7 senses > verb 1, change
MeaningDelete or remove.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples
  • "Cut out the extra text"
  • "cut out the newspaper article"
NarrowerexciseRemove by cutting
Broaderextinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away withTerminate, end, or take out
See alsocutweed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Spanishrecortar
Catalanretallar
Nounscutouta part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out
English > cut out: 7 senses > verb 2, contact
Meaningform and create by cutting out.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"
Entailscutseparate with or as if with an instrument
Narrowerdie, die outcut or shape with a die
gouge outmake gouges into a surface
rabbetcut a rectangular groove into
Broadershape, form, work, mold, mould, forgemake something, usually for a specific function
See alsocutseparate with or as if with an instrument
Spanishtallar
Nounscutouta part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out
English > cut out: 7 senses > verb 3, contact
Meaningcut off and stop.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Example"The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
Synonymcut off
Broaderintercept, stopseize / seize on its way
Spanishcortar, detener
English > cut out: 7 senses > verb 4, contact
Meaningstrike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
Synonymscratch out
Broadererase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe offRemove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
See alsocutseparate with or as if with an instrument
Spanisheliminar, suprimir, tachar, tarjar
English > cut out: 7 senses > verb 5, competition
Meaningintercept (a player) .
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Synonymcut down
Categorybaseball, baseball game, ballA ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players
Broadercheck, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold backhold back, as of a danger or an enemy
Spanishcortar
English > cut out: 7 senses > verb 6, change
MeaningCease operating.
PatternSomething ----s
Example"The pump suddenly cut out"
Broaderend, stop, finish, terminate, ceaseHave an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense
Catalanaturar-se

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