cuts

cuts · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Wounds or openings made by cutting.

  2. 2.

    Reductions in amount, especially in spending or services.

  3. 3.

    Pieces cut from a larger whole, especially meat.

  4. 4.

    Third person singular present tense of cut.

Related words

Antonyms: additions, increases
See also: cut, cutting, slice
Synonyms: incisions, reductions, slices

Etymology

From Middle English cutten, possibly from Old Norse kuta meaning "to cut with a small knife." The noun form developed from the verb.