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cut out

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cut out

1
 vadj
form and create by cutting out
having been cut out
2
 v
cease operating
3
 v
delete or remove
4
 v
cut off and stop
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cut out
1

v form and create by cutting out

“Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper”
Types:
gouge out
make gouges into a surface
rabbet
cut a rectangular groove into
die, die out
cut or shape with a die
Type of:
forge, form, mold, mould, shape, work
make something, usually for a specific function

adj having been cut out

Synonyms
cut
fashioned or shaped by cutting
2

v cease operating

“The pump suddenly cut out”
Type of:
cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
3

v delete or remove

“Cut out the extra text”
“cut out the newspaper article”
Types:
excise
remove by cutting
Type of:
do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of
terminate, end, or take out

v strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out

Synonyms:
scratch out
Type of:
efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off
remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
4

v cut off and stop

“The bicyclist was cut out by the van”
Synonyms:
cut off
Type of:
intercept, stop
seize on its way

v intercept (a player)

Synonyms:
cut down
Type of:
arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
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