v
(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
v
(transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
v
(transitive) To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
v
(transitive) To stab with a blade
v
(transitive) To cut (hair) into a bob haircut.
v
Obsolete form of broach. [(transitive) To make a hole in, especially a cask of liquor, and put in a tap in order to draw the liquid.]
v
(transitive) To go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact.
v
(intransitive, colloquial) To spin rapidly like the blades of a circular saw.
v
(transitive) To cut a groove in something.
v
(by analogy) To cut something apart and restructure it.
adj
(automotive, slang) Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline.
v
(transitive, intransitive, informal) To pick up (food) using chopsticks.
n
One who, or that which, clamps.
n
(in the plural) fetters.
n
Alternative form of clutch [The claw of a predatory animal or bird.]
n
The act of pelting somebody with clods.
v
(transitive) To dress with a hammer of this kind.
adj
Alternative spelling of cutthroat [Involving the cutting of throats.]
v
(transitive) To cut back (vegetation) with a cutlass.
v
To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To drive a sharp instrument into; incise with a jerk; puncture.
n
A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Also known as a dibble or dib.
v
(transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
v
(transitive) To punish with a ferule.
v
(transitive) To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
v
(transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
v
To make a deep, long cut; to slash.
v
(obsolete, intransitive, of a weapon or sharp object) To travel through something.
v
(archaic, transitive) To tear asunder; to break into pieces.
n
The act or service of cutting hair.
n
One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
adv
(idiomatic) In a manner indicating seriousness of intent and capability of harm.
adv
In the manner of a hammer.
adj
(US politics, colloquial) Fired from one's job for violating the Hatch Act of 1939, which prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government from engaging in certain political activities.
v
(transitive) To cut with a hatchet.
n
(colloquial, idiomatic) A male who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down.
v
(transitive) To provide with a hilt.
v
(transitive) To create (a gear) by cutting with a hob.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
v
(transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
v
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
v
(Northern England) To pick or pick off (e.g. flowers, berries, etc.)
v
Alternative spelling of nick [(transitive) To make ragged or uneven, as by cutting nicks or notches in; to deface, to mar.]
v
(intransitive) To cut through as if with a knife.
v
To pierce with a lancet.
v
(transitive) To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.
v
To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
v
(obsolete) To strike a blow with, or as with, a hammer.
v
To cut or dig with a mattock.
v
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
n
(mining) The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face.
n
(usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
v
(transitive) To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
n
(countable) The action of the verb "to planish".
v
To poke with a utensil such as a poker or needle.
v
To poke (with a stick etc.).
v
(intransitive) To carry out or take part in a potlatch ceremony.
n
A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
n
(dialect) A pointed instrument.
n
The cuttings used, or the hedge produced by this method
v
(woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
v
Alternative spelling of ripsaw [To cut with a ripsaw.]
v
(UK, Canada, transitive) To strike or kill with a sabre.
adj
(slang) Short (as though something that should be there isn't).
v
(transitive) To strike or slice with, or as if with, a scimitar.
v
(transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
v
(intransitive, figuratively, often with through) To attack or injure as if cutting.
v
(slang) To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
n
(informal) A narrow miss or escape; a close shave.
v
To stab someone with a shiv.
v
(agriculture, transitive) To cut with a sickle.
v
To strike with a sledgehammer.
n
(by extension) Any sharp protuberant part of an object, which may catch, scratch, or tear other objects brought into contact with it.
n
(UK) The list of repairs and finish work required to complete a project, such as the construction of a building; a list of problems to correct.
v
To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).
v
(UK, dialect) To lop; to prune.
n
Alternative spelling of snath [The shaft of a scythe.]
n
(Scotland) A cut, a cutting; a slash, a slight wound; a lopping or pruning.
n
(obsolete) A large knife.
n
(Scotland, Australia) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
v
(UK, dialect) To chop off; to cut.
n
A end of a log remaining after timber has been cut away - sometimes referred to as a snipe-end.
v
(transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) To cut; to make an incision; to cut off; to lance or amputate; to cut up; to cut so as to kill; to slay an animal; to hew; to cut stone; to cut hair; to cut corn; to reap; to mow.
v
(transitive, theater, photography) To apply a snoot attachment to (a light).
v
(transitive) To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
n
An incident in which a person is stabbed.
adj
(slang) prone to commit an act of stabbing
n
An act of stabbing with a stake.
n
(obsolete) A stab with a pointed weapon.
v
(transitive) To lash with a whip or strap.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) make a sudden move or transition.
v
Obsolete form of saw. [(transitive) To cut (something) with a saw.]
v
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To cut or clip with a knife; to whittle.
v
(obsolete) To cut or whittle.
v
(historical) To girdle or incise the trees around (an area of land) so as to claim ownership of it.
v
(transitive) To spear (food) on a toothpick.
n
A person or tool that cuts off the top of something.
v
To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
v
(transitive) To perforate with a trephine.
v
(transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
v
(Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
v
(transitive or intransitive) To cut or shape wood with a knife.
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