- a wound caused by something sharp
- cuts and bruises on the face
- Blood poured from the deep cut on his arm.
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsb1- Clean the cut and cover it to prevent infection.
- He has a small cut on his finger.
- One man was attacked and suffered cuts to his face.
- She got a bad cut over her right eye.
- He came home covered in cuts and bruises.
- She suffered only minor cuts and grazes as a result of the accident.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bad
- deep
- nasty
- …
- have
- get
- suffer
- …
- heal
- cut on
- cut to
- cuts and bruises
- cuts and scrapes
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- a hole or an opening in something, made with something sharp
- Using sharp scissors, make a small cut in the material.
- a high-quality blade that gives a clean cut
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clean
- neat
- little
- …
- make
- give
- cut in
- a reduction in amount, size, supply, etc.
- tax/budget/price/funding cuts
- The company has made another round of job cuts this year.
- cut in something They announced cuts in public spending.
- They had to take a 20% cut in pay.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- job/salary/pay cuts
- The company has announced a new round of job cuts.
- The cuts will come into effect next May.
- The staff have all had to take a cut in salary.
- They are planning to make substantial cuts in the service.
- cuts in public spending
- proposed tax cuts
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- deep
- large
- …
- round
- impose
- make
- announce
- …
- come into effect
- cut in
- [usually singular] an act of cutting somebody’s hair; the style in which it is cut
- Your hair could do with a cut (= it is too long).
- a cut and blow-dry
- The stylish cut of her hair is distinctively modern and urban.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hair
- short
- buzz
- …
- have
- need
- give somebody
- …
- cut and blow-dry
- [usually singular] the shape and style that a piece of clothing has because of the way the cloth is cut
- the elegant cut of her dress
- trousers with a loose cut designed for comfortable wear
- a share in something, especially money
- They were rewarded with a cut of 5% from the profits.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- He takes a cut of the profits.
- If there's money to be made from selling photos of her, she wants her cut.
- By the time the organizers have had their cut, there won't be much left.
- There wasn't much left after his agents took their cut.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + cut- get
- have
- take
- …
- cut of
- cut (in something) an act of removing part of a film, play, piece of writing, etc.
- The director objected to the cuts ordered by the censor.
- She made some cuts before handing over the finished novel.
- a version of something that has been created, especially a film
- Several scenes had been removed in the cut of the movie shown at the festival.
- the final/director's cut
- We're working on the first cut of next year's budget.
- a piece of meat cut from an animal
- a lean cut of pork
- cheap cuts of stewing lamb
- The recipe calls for a good lean cut of beef.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- choice
- expensive
- good
- …
- cut of
wound
hole
reduction
of hair
of clothing
share of money
of film/play, etc.
version
meat
Word OriginMiddle English (probably existing, although not recorded, in Old English); probably of Germanic origin and related to Norwegian kutte and Icelandic kuta ‘cut with a small knife’, kuti ‘small blunt knife’.
Idioms
See cut in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee cut in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisha cut above somebody/something
- better than somebody/something
- His latest novel is a cut above the rest.
the cut and thrust (of something)
- (British English) the lively or aggressive way that something is done
- the cut and thrust of political debate
- his cut-and-thrust management style
make the cut
- to reach or maintain the required standard
- I had to explain to the applicants why they didn't make the cut.
- (in golf) to achieve a good enough score to be able to take part in the next stage of a competition
- Woods needed a 69 to make the cut.
- (of a film, play, piece of writing, etc.) to be included after parts have been removed
- When a book is made into a movie not every scene will make the cut.
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