cutting+(verb)

1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) cortar

2) (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.) cortar

3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) cortar

4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) cortar

5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) cortar

6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) cortar

7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) cortar

8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) cortar

9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') cortar

10) (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.) cortar

11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) cortar

12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) matar (aulas)

13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) ignorar

1) (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.) corte

2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) corte

3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) corte

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- cutter

- cut glass

- a cut above

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[k∧t] n 1 corte, abertura, ferida. 2 talho, incisão. 3 passagem, escavação (na terra), canal. 4 peça talhada, parte ou pedaço cortado. 5 estilo, talhe, feitio, moda. 6 diminuição, redução. 7 atalho, carreiro, picada. 8 cutilada: golpe com instrumento cortante. 9 cábula: falta de comparecimento às aulas. 10 gravura, clichê, xilogravura. 11 corte em peça teatral. 12 peça: medida de tecido ou fio. 13 corte de cartas. 14 porcentagem, comissão. 15 Sport bola cortada ou com efeito. 16 grupo de animais separado da manada. 17 emenda de filme de cinema. 18 talho: corte de carne. 19 faixa de LP ou disco a laser. • vt+vi (ps and pp cut) 1 cortar, talhar. 2 secionar, dividir, partir. 3 aparar, desbastar. he cut his nails / ele cortou suas unhas. 4 rachar, fender. 5 ferir, fazer talhe em. he cut his fingers / ele feriu os dedos. the wind cut his face / o vento lhe açoitou o rosto. 6 lancetar, mutilar, incisar. 7 reduzir, diminuir. 8 atalhar, atravessar, abrir ou cortar caminho. 9 dividir, penetrar, passar através. 10 Sport cortar, dar efeito (bola). 11 coll evitar, ignorar, não reconhecer socialmente. 12 coll cabular, faltar às aulas. 13 picar, retalhar. 14 ceifar, segar. 15 gravar, entalhar, cinzelar. 16 escavar, abrir canal ou túnel. 17 romper relações com. 18 cortar o baralho. who cuts the cards? / quem corta as cartas? 19 talhar, cortar molde (de vestidos). 20 trinchar. 21 abreviar, resumir. 22 interromper (conversa). 23 fazer corte em (manuscrito, peça). 24 ferir-se. • adj 1 cortado, talhado. 2 gravado, entalhado, lapidado. 3 castrado. 4 ferido. 5 reduzido, remarcado (preço). cut and come again sirva-se à vontade. cut away! fora! cut in pay n redução de salário. cut it out! coll deixa disto!, corta essa! cut the cackle! sl deixe de conversa! cut your coat according to your cloth fig arranje-se de acordo com suas possibilidades. he cut a sorry figure ele fez um triste papel. he cut himself loose from ele separou-se de. he cut his own throat fig ele mesmo se prejudicou. he cut his way a) ele abriu caminho para si. b) fig ele se defendeu. he cut it fine sl ele calculou justo, chegou na hora, acertou por pouco. he cut me short ele me interrompeu. he cuts no ice with me sl ele não leva vantagem comigo. he cut the knot fig ele resolveu o caso. he cut the record ele quebrou o recorde. he cut up rough ele ficou zangado. he cut up well ele morreu rico, ele deixou uma fortuna. he gave me the direct cut ele me evitou ostensivamente. he made a cut in the story ele resumiu a história. his unkindness cut me to the heart sua grosseria me feriu o coração. I cut him dead não tomei conhecimento de sua presença. it cuts both ways é justo para ambas as partes. it is his cut é sua vez de cortar as cartas. short cut atalho, caminho mais curto. to be cut off morrer. to be cut out for a thing ser talhado para uma coisa. to cut across encurtar o caminho. to cut a long story short para resumir, em poucas palavras. to cut and contrive viver, satisfazer-se com pouco. to cut and run coll correr, fugir. to cut away a) cortar, serrar, decepar. b) desviar-se. to cut back repetir um quadro (de filme). to cut down a) roçar, derrubar (mato). b) reduzir (despesas). c) abreviar, resumir (manuscrito). to cut in a) entalhar, fazer entalhe. b) interromper. to cut in pieces picar, cortar em pedaços. to cut in stone esculpir em pedra. to cut off a) cortar, destacar, remover. b) romper (relações). c) interromper (fornecimento ou comunicações). d) acabar, terminar. e) separar, excluir. f) pôr fim a, matar, liquidar. g) deserdar. to cut out a) cortar, recortar. b) talhar. c) planejar, tramar, idear. d) desligar (máquina, chave elétrica, etc.). e) desistir de, abandonar. f) separar (do rebanho). g) suplantar, superar. h) pegar como presa. i) excluir, afastar. to cut to pieces fazer em pedaços. to cut up a) cortar, retalhar. b) criticar, desfazer. c) entristecer. to draw cuts jogar com palitos, apostar.

1) (to make an opening in, usually with something with a sharp edge: He cut the paper with a pair of scissors.) cortar

2) (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.) cortar

3) (to make by cutting: She cut a hole in the cloth.) cortar

4) (to shorten by cutting; to trim: to cut hair; I'll cut the grass.) cortar, aparar

5) (to reduce: They cut my wages by ten per cent.) cortar

6) (to remove: They cut several passages from the film.) cortar

7) (to wound or hurt by breaking the skin (of): I cut my hand on a piece of glass.) cortar

8) (to divide (a pack of cards).) cortar

9) (to stop: When the actress said the wrong words, the director ordered `Cut!') cortar

10) (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.) cortar

11) (to meet and cross (a line or geometrical figure): An axis cuts a circle in two places.) cortar

12) (to stay away from (a class, lecture etc): He cut school and went to the cinema.) cabular

13) ((also cut dead) to ignore completely: She cut me dead in the High Street.) ignorar, virar a cara

1) (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.) corte, redução

2) (the way in which something is tailored, fashioned etc: the cut of the jacket.) corte

3) (a piece of meat cut from an animal: a cut of beef.) corte

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- cutter

- cut glass

- a cut above

1) (to make designs, shapes etc by cutting a piece of wood etc: A figure carved out of wood.) talhar

2) (to cut up (meat) into slices: Father carved the joint.) trinchar

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- carving

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[ka:v] vt+vi 1 trinchar ou cortar (carne). 2 esculpir, entalhar, cinzelar, gravar, burilar. to carve out a career in business cavar, estabelecer, fincar a carreira no comércio. to carve up an area dividir uma área em pedaços ou áreas menores.

1) (to make designs, shapes etc by cutting a piece of wood etc: A figure carved out of wood.) entalhar

2) (to cut up (meat) into slices: Father carved the joint.) trinchar

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- carving

1) (in France, an instrument for cutting criminals' heads off.) guilhotina

2) (a machine for cutting paper.) guilhotina

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[gilət'i:n] n 1 guilhotina. 2 máquina para cortar papel. 3 limitação dos debates no parlamento. • vt guilhotinar, executar na guilhotina. guilt [gilt] n culpa, culpabilidade, criminalidade.

1) (to get rid of; to dismiss: They've axed 50% of their staff.) despedir

2) (to reduce (costs, services etc): Government spending in education has been axed.) reduzir

1) (to get rid of; to dismiss: They've axed 50% of their staff.) demitir

2) (to reduce (costs, services etc): Government spending in education has been axed.) cortar

1) (in France, an instrument for cutting criminals' heads off.) guilhotina

2) (a machine for cutting paper.) guilhotina

1) ((of objects) having no point or sharp edge: a blunt knife.) rombudo

2) ((of people) (sometimes unpleasantly) straightforward or frank in speech: She was very blunt, and said that she did not like him.) directo

- bluntly

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[bl∧nt] n agulha rombuda. • vt+vi 1 ficar cego ou sem corte. 2 tornar cego (instrumento de corte). 3 moderar, abrandar. 4 entorpecer, enfraquecer. • adj 1 embotado, sem corte, cego. blunt cutting edge / gume cego. 2 brusco, abrupto, áspero. 3 obtuso, insensível, néscio. 4 franco, direto, objetivo. a blunt reply / uma resposta direta.

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[tʃ'izəl] n 1 formão, buril, cinzel, talhadeira. 2 fig escultura. • vt+vi 1 cinzelar, esculpir. 2 sl tapear, lograr, enganar. 3 sl obter por meios ilícitos. to chisel out of sl lesar em.

1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) beira

2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) gume

3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) intensidade

1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) guarnecer

2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) avançar

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- edging

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[ed9] n 1 canto, extremidade, margem, beira, bordo. 2 bainha, aresta. 3 situação crítica. 4 gume, fio, corte. 5 aspereza, rispidez, irritabilidade. it sets my teeth on edge / isto me irrita, mexe com os meus nervos. 6 vantagem, margem de superioridade. 7 agudeza de mente ou apetite. • vt+vi 1 afiar, amolar, aguçar. 2 introduzir-se despercebidamente, infiltrar(-se). 3 margear, delimitar, emoldurar, cercar, orlar, circundar. 4 empurrar ou mover pouco a pouco. 5 derrotar por pequena margem. on edge a) nervoso, agitado. b) ansioso, impaciente. to be on the very edge of doing something estar prestes a fazer alguma coisa. to be over the edge coll ter uma crise nervosa. to edge away afastar-se devagar, esgueirar-se. to give an edge dar uma vantagem. to have the edge on ter pequena vantagem sobre. to put an edge on afiar, dar fio. to put someone on edge irritar alguém. to put to the edge of the sword passar à espada, matar. to set on edge excitar, animar. to take the edge off privar de força, abrandar, suavizar.

- intersection

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[intəs'ekt] vt+vi cruzar, cortar, dividir.

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[ni:l] vi (ps, pp knelt) 1 ajoelhar(-se), genuflectir. 2 ficar de joelhos, ficar ajoelhado.

1) (an instrument for cutting: He carved the meat with a large knife.) faca

2) (such an instrument used as a weapon: She stabbed him with a knife.) faca

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[naif] n (pl knives) 1 faca. 2 qualquer coisa semelhante em forma ou função, como: punhal, canivete, navalha. 3 lâmina cortante de qualquer instrumento ou máquina. • vt+vi 1 apunhalar, esfaquear. 2 cortar com faca, ou como se fosse uma faca. 3 Amer coll derrotar traiçoeiramente, tentar arruinar, atraiçoar. before you can say knife extremamente rápido, num piscar de olhos. he plays a good knife and fork ele é um bom garfo. he wants to get/ have his knife in you ele quer pegar/prejudicar você. to be under the knife ser submetido a uma cirurgia, entrar na faca. under the knife em uma intervenção cirúrgica.

1) (to use a pushing motion (against): Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.) comprimir(-se)

2) (to squeeze; to flatten: The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.) espremer

3) (to urge or hurry: He pressed her to enter the competition.) pressionar

4) (to insist on: The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.) insistir em

5) (to iron: Your trousers need to be pressed.) passar a ferro

1) (an act of pressing: He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.) pressão

2) ((also printing-press) a printing machine.) prensa

3) (newspapers in general: It was reported in the press; ( also adjective) a press photographer.) imprensa

4) (the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists: The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.) imprensa

5) (a device or machine for pressing: a wine-press; a flower-press.) espremedor

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[pres] n 1 multidão, turba. 2 apinhamento, aperto. 3 pressão. 4 prensa. 5 lagar. 6 prelo, máquina de impressão. 7 imprensa, jornalismo. 8 haltere. 9 armário, armário de cozinha. 10 urgência, premência, pressa. • vt+vi 1 comprimir, premer. 2 apertar, empurrar, pressionar. 3 forçar, compelir. 4 impor. 5 acometer, acossar, assediar. 6 oprimir, afligir. 7 prensar, espremer. 8 passar a ferro. 9 fazer pressão sobre. 10 apressar, estimular. 11 exigir, reclamar, demandar. freedom/ liberty of press liberdade de imprensa. in the press no prelo ou para a imprensa. press of sail Naut todo o pano (vela). to correct the press corrigir provas. to go to the press ir para o prelo. to have a good press ser bem recebido pela crítica. to press a button apertar um botão. to press ahead/ forward/on continuar energicamente apesar das dificuldades. to send to press mandar imprimir.

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[pres] vt recrutar à força.

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[pru:n] n 1 ameixa seca. 2 coll otário. 3 coll pedante, santarrão.

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[pru:n] vt 1 podar, desbastar, decotar. 2 aparar. 3 expurgar, suprimir o supérfluo.

1) (to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc): The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees.) aliviar

2) (to take over a job or task from: You guard the door first, and I'll relieve you in two hours.) substituir

3) (to dismiss (a person) from his job or position: He was relieved of his post/duties.) exonerar

4) (to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone: May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass.) ajudar

5) (to come to the help of (a town etc which is under siege or attack).) socorrer

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[ril'i:v] vt 1 aliviar, mitigar, abrandar. 2 assistir, ajudar, socorrer. 3 substituir, revezar (turmas, sentinelas). 4 levantar o cerco (de uma fortaleza, cidade, etc.). 5 coll tirar, privar. 6 interromper a monotonia. 7 pôr em relevo, realçar. 8 livrar de, desobrigar. 9 Tech cercear. 10 Physiol esvaziar a bexiga ou intestinos, urinar, defecar. he relieved nature / ele satisfez as suas necessidades. 11 liberar, soltar, libertar. he relieved his feelings / ele deu expansão a seus sentimentos, desafogou-se, expandiu-se. to relieve of a) aliviar (de um peso). b) demitir, despedir. c) roubar.

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[saið] n segadeira, foice para segar. • vi cortar, ceifar.

1) (the part farthest from the middle of something; a border: Don't put that cup so near the edge of the table - it will fall off; the edge of the lake; the water's edge.) beira

2) (the cutting side of something sharp, eg a knife or weapon: the edge of the sword.) gume

3) (keenness; sharpness: The chocolate took the edge off his hunger.) agudeza

1) (to form a border to: a handkerchief edged with lace.) orlar

2) (to move or push little by little: He edged his chair nearer to her; She edged her way through the crowd.) avançar devagar

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- edging