cut - verb

1. To penetrate with a sharp edge: gash, incise, pierce, slash, slit. See enter. help.
2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument: carve, cleave, dissever, sever, slice, slit, split. See assemble.
3. To bring down, as with a saw or ax. chop down, fell, hew. See rise.
4. To turn aside sharply from a straight course: chop, sheer, skew, slue, swerve, veer. Nautical yaw. See change.
5. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop, clip, crop, cut back, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase.
6. To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture: attenuate, dilute, thin, water(down), weaken. See strong.
7. To slight (someone) deliberately: rebuff, shun, snub, spurn. Informal coldshoulder. See accept.
8. To fail to attend on purpose: truant. Informal skip. See seek.

cut across - phrasal verb

1. To pass through or over: crisscross, cross, crosscut, decussate, intersect. See meet.

cut back - phrasal verb

1. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop, clip, crop, cut, cut down, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase.

cut down - phrasal verb

1. To cause the death of: carry off, cut off, destroy, dispatch, finish(off), kill, slay. Slang waste, zap. See help.
2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang deck. See rise.
3. To decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising: chop, clip, crop, cut, cut back, lop, lower, pare, prune, shear, slash, trim, truncate. See increase.

cut in - phrasal verb

1. To force or come in as an improper or unwanted element: horn in, intrude, obtrude. See enter.
2. To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse: break in, chime in, chip in, interrupt. See continue.

cut off - phrasal verb

1. To set apart from a group: close off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester. See include.
2. To cause the death of: carry off, cut down, destroy, dispatch, finish(off), kill, slay. Slang waste, zap. See help.
3. To block the progress of and force to change direction: head off, intercept. See allow.

cut out - phrasal verb

1. To take the place of (another) against the other's will: displace, supplant. See substitute.
2. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example): break, give up, leave off, stop. Slang kick. See continue.
3. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run(along), withdraw. Informal push off, shove off. Slang blow, split, take off. See approach.

cut up - phrasal verb

1. To behave in a rowdy, improper, or unruly fashion: act up, carry on, misbehave. Informal horse around. See good.
2. To find fault with: blame, censure, criticize, fault, rap. Informal pan. Slang knock. See praise.

cut - noun

1. The result of cutting: gash, incision, slash, slice, slit, split. See enter. help.
2. A part severed from a whole: piece, portion, section, segment, slice. See part.
3. The act or process of decreasing: abatement, curtailment, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slash, slowdown, taper. See increase.
4. That which is allotted: allocation, allotment, allowance, dole, lot, measure, part, portion, quantum, quota, ration, share, split. Slang divvy. See collect.
5. A deliberate slight: rebuff, snub, spurn. Informal cold shoulder, go-by. See accept.
6. An unexcused absence: truancy, truantry. Informal hooky. See seek.