cut

1. present participle - cutting; verb

1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) couper

2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) (dé)couper

3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) faire

4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) couper, tondre

5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) réduire

6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) supprimer

7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) couper

8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) couper

9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') couper

10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) couper par

11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) couper

12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) sécher

13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) faire semblant de ne pas voir

2. noun

1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) coupure, coupe, réduction

2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) coupe

3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) morceau

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- cutter

- cutting 3. adjective

(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) blessant

- cut glass

- cut-price - cut-throat 4. adjective

(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) sans merci

- a cut above

- cut and dried - cut back - cut both ways - cut a dash - cut down - cut in - cut it fine - cut no ice - cut off - cut one's losses - cut one's teeth - cut out - cut short

English-French dictionary. 2014.