HyperDic: cut_up

English > 5 senses of the expression *cut up*:
VERB	contact	cut up, carve	cut to pieces
	change	cut up, mutilate, mangle	destroy or injure severely
	change	cut up, compartmentalize, compartmentalise	separate into isolated compartments or categories / categories
	change	cut up, hack	significantly cut up a manuscript
ADJECTIVE	all	cut up	cut into pieces

English > *cut up*: 5 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	cut into pieces.
Broader	cut	separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
Spanish	troceado

English > *cut up*: 5 senses > verb 1, contact
Meaning	cut to pieces.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Model	They cut up the cape
Synonym	carve
Narrower	fillet, filet	cut into filets / filets
Narrower	shave	make shavings of or reduce to shavings
Broader	cut	separate with or as if with an instrument
See also	cut	separate with or as if with an instrument
Spanish	cortar, trinchar

English > *cut up*: 5 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	Destroy or injure severely.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	mutilate, mangle
Broader	damage	inflict damage / damage upon
Spanish	desfigurar, desgarrar, destrozar, mutilar
Catalan	capolar, destrossar, esquinçar, estripar, mutilar

English > *cut up*: 5 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	separate into isolated compartments or categories / categories.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	compartmentalize, compartmentalise
Broader	separate, disunite, divide, part	Force, take, or pull apart
Spanish	compartimentar
Catalan	compartimentar

English > *cut up*: 5 senses > verb 4, change
Meaning	significantly cut up a manuscript.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Model	They won't cut up the story
Synonym	hack
Broader	edit, redact	Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
Spanish	dar el hacha, tajar
Catalan	tallar

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