cut out

/kət aʊt/

/kət aʊt/

Other forms: cutting out; cuts out

Definitions of cut out

1. verb

   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
2. adjective

   having been cut out
   synonyms:

   cut

   fashioned or shaped by cutting
3. verb

   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
4. verb

   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
5. verb

   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
6. verb

   cut off and stop
   “The bicyclist was cut out by the van”

   synonyms: cut off

   type of:

   intercept, stop

   seize on its way
7. verb

   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