cut

/kʌt/ v [I/T] (present participle cutting, past tense and past participle cut) (DIVIDE)

Definition

› to use a sharp tool such as a knife to break the surface of something, divide something, or make something smaller: [T] Cut the apple in half. [T] She wanted to have her hair cut (= made shorter). [M] We had to cut two trees down (= remove them) to make room for the swimming pool. [M] 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: [T] I stepped on a piece of glass and cut my foot.

(Definition of cut v (DIVIDE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)