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Sunday 10 June 2012

cut / cut / cut

to use a sharp tool such as a knife to break the surface of something, divide something, or make something smaller:
Cut the apple in half.
She wanted to have her hair cut (= made shorter).
We had to cut two trees down (= remove them) to make room for the swimming pool.
The children cut the pictures out (= removed them by cutting) and stuck them in their scrapbooks.
A person who is cut is injured by something sharp that breaks the skin and causes bleeding:
I stepped on a piece of glass and cut my foot.

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