[syn: cut down, cut out]
6. cease operating;
- Example: "The pump suddenly cut out"
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. having been cut out;
- Example: "the cut-out pieces of the dress"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cut out
adj 1: having been cut out; "the cut-out pieces of the dress"
v 1: delete or remove; "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the
newspaper article"
2: form and create by cutting out; "Picasso cut out a guitar
from a piece of paper"
3: cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
[syn: cut off, cut out]
4: strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out;
"scratch out my name on that list" [syn: scratch out, cut
out]
5: intercept (a player) [syn: cut down, cut out]
6: cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out"