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1 cut
1. present participle - cutting; verb1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) skera, klippa2) (to separate or divide by cutting: She cut a slice of bread; The child cut out the pictures; She cut up the meat into small pieces.) skera3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) sneiða, klippa4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) slá; klippa5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) minnka6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) klippa í burt, fjarlægja7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) skera í8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) gera við, draga9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') klippa á atriði10) (to take a short route or way: He cut through/across the park on his way to the office; A van cut in in front of me on the motorway.) fara þvert fyrir11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) skera12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) skrópa13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) sniðganga2. noun1) (the result of an act of cutting: a cut on the head; a power-cut (= stoppage of electrical power); a haircut; a cut in prices.) skurður; rafmagnsbilun; hárklipping; verðlækkun2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) snið3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) sneið•- cutter- cutting 3. adjective(insulting or offending: a cutting remark.) særandi- cut-price
- cut-throat 4. adjective(fierce; ruthless: cut-throat business competition.) miskunnarlaus- cut and dried
- cut back
- cut both ways
- cut a dash
- cut down
- cut in
- cut it fine
- cut no ice
- cut off
- cut one's losses
- cut one's teeth
- cut out
- cut short -
2 cut in
(to interrupt: She cut in with a remark.) grípa fram í -
3 cut off
1) (to interrupt or break a telephone connection: I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.) trufla; rjúfa2) (to separate: They were cut off from the rest of the army.) einangra3) (to stop or prevent delivery of: They've cut off our supplies of coal.) taka fyrir -
4 cut out
1) (to stop working, sometimes because of a safety device: The engines cut out (noun cut-out).) stöðva; drepa á sér2) (to stop: I've cut out smoking.) hætta -
5 cut short
1) (to make shorter than intended: He cut short his holiday to deal with the crisis.) stytta2) (to cause (someone) to stop talking by interrupting them: I tried to apologize but he cut me short.) grípa fram í -
6 cut-price
(cheaper than normal: cut-price goods; a cut-price store.) á niðursettu verði -
7 cut and dried
(fixed and definite: cut-and-dried opinions.) endanlegur; daufur, tilbreytingarlaus -
8 cut back
to reduce considerably: The government cut back (on) public spending (noun cutback) niðurskurður -
9 cut down
1) (to cause to fall by cutting: He has cut down the apple tree.) fella2) (to reduce (an amount taken etc): I haven't given up smoking but I'm cutting down.) minnka, draga úr -
10 cut glass
(glass with ornamental patterns cut on the surface, used for drinking glasses etc.) mynstraður/skorinn kristall -
11 cut a dash
(to have a smart or striking appearance: He cuts a dash in his purple suit.) vekja athygli -
12 cut both ways
(to affect both parts of a question, both people involved, good and bad points etc: That argument cuts both ways!) verka í báðar áttir -
13 cut corners
(to use less money, effort, time etc when doing something than was thought necessary, often giving a poorer result.) stytta sér leið -
14 cut it fine
(to allow barely enough time, money etc for something that must be done.) ætla lítinn sem engan tíma/pening (í e-ð) -
15 cut no ice
(to have no effect: This sort of flattery cuts no ice with me.) hafa engin áhrif -
16 cut one's losses
(to decide to spend no more money, effort etc on something which is proving unprofitable.) taka fyrir, hætta (og taka á sig tap) -
17 cut one's teeth
(to grow one's first teeth: The baby's cutting his first tooth.) taka tennur -
18 cut-throat
noun (a murderer.) morðingi -
19 a cut above
((obviously) better than: He's a cut above the average engineer.) betri en, gæðaflokki ofar en -
20 clear-cut
adjective (having a clear outline; plain and definite: clear-cut features.) greinilegur (einfaldur og ákveðinn)
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Cut — (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cut — (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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