to+cut+meat

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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- cut glass

- a cut above

1) (to cut into small pieces or chop finely: Would you like me to mince the meat for you?) picar

2) (to walk with short steps, in an unpleasantly dainty or delicate way: She minced over to him.) requebrar-se

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[mins] n picadinho de carne. • vt+vi 1 picar, cortar em pedaços. 2 pronunciar com afetação. 3 medir as palavras. he didn’t mince his words / ele não mediu suas palavras, falou francamente. 4 andar de modo afetado.

1) (to cut into small pieces or chop finely: Would you like me to mince the meat for you?) picar

2) (to walk with short steps, in an unpleasantly dainty or delicate way: She minced over to him.) andar com passinhos miúdos

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1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) quarto

2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) moeda de vinte e cinco cêntimos

3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) bairro

4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) direcçao

5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) perdao

6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) pernil

7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) quarto

8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) quarto

9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trimestre

1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) cortar aos quartos

2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dividir em quatro

3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) aquartelar

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[kw'ɔ:tə] n 1 quarto, quarta parte, trimestre, quarto do ano, quarto da lua, quarto de hora, quarto da carcaça de um animal. 2 região ou parte da terra. 3 quarteirão. 4 quartel, alojamento de soldados e marinheiros. 5 quadrante. 6 medida de peso. 7 abrigo, quartel, refúgio, acolhida. 8 piedade, clemência. 9 moeda nos EUA ou Canadá que vale 25 centavos ou um quarto de dólar. 10 área de uma cidade onde um certo grupo de pessoas mora ou trabalha ou que tem características peculiares. • vt+vi 1 esquartejar. 2 aquartelar. 3 Her esquartelar. 4 repartir em quatro partes iguais. a quarter past six seis horas e quinze minutos. a quarter to three quinze para as três. at close quarters muito perto. hind quarter ancas, quarto traseiro. in this quarter nesta parte. quarters of a ship alhetas. to change quarter mudar-se.

1) (a thin broad piece (of something): How many slices of meat would you like?) fatia

2) (a part or share: Who got the largest slice of the profits?) fatia

1) (to cut into slices: He sliced the sausage/cucumber.) cortar às fatias

2) (to cut (as) with a sharp blade or knife: The blade slipped and sliced off the tip of his forefinger.) cortar

3) (in golf etc, to hit (a ball) in such a way that it curves away to the right (or in the case of a left-handed player, to the left).) bater de viés

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[slais] n 1 fatia, posta. 2 faca, espátula de lâmina fina e larga. 3 parte, porção, pedaço. • vt+vi 1 cortar em fatias ou postas. 2 cortar, talhar. 3 remover, espalhar com espátula ou faca. 4 dividir, repartir. 5 Golf dar um golpe de maneira que a bola seja desviada para a direita. slice and dice film sl filme de horror. to slice off cortar fora. to slice up fatiar.

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[steik] n bife, fatia de carne. fore-cut steak bife de corte dianteiro. hind-cut steak bife de corte traseiro. stewed steak carne ensopada.

1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) quarto

2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) moeda de vinte e cinco cents

3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) bairro

4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) direção

5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) graça

6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) quarto

7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) quarto

8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) quarto

9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trimestre

1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) cortar em quatro

2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dividir em quatro

3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) aquartelar, alojar

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- quarters

1) (a thin broad piece (of something): How many slices of meat would you like?) fatia

2) (a part or share: Who got the largest slice of the profits?) fatia

1) (to cut into slices: He sliced the sausage/cucumber.) fatiar

2) (to cut (as) with a sharp blade or knife: The blade slipped and sliced off the tip of his forefinger.) talhar

3) (in golf etc, to hit (a ball) in such a way that it curves away to the right (or in the case of a left-handed player, to the left).) cortar

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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.

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[k'∧tlit] n 1 costeleta. 2 fatia de carne ou de peixe, posta.

1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) pequeno

2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) pequeno

3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) pouco

4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) minúsculo

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[smɔ:l] n 1 quem é pequeno. 2 parte pequena ou fina, parte estreita. • adj 1 pequeno, diminuto. 2 leve, pouco. 3 insignificante, trivial, sem importância. 4 pobre, humilde, baixo. 5 leve, macio, fraco. 6 egoísta, miserável, não generoso. • adv 1 em pequenos pedaços. 2 em tom baixo, em voz baixa. 3 em miniatura. 4 desdenhosamente. to come out on the small end sair perdendo, levar a pior. to feel small sentir-se envergonhado. he felt small before her / ele sentiu-se envergonhado diante dela. to make somebody feel small fazer alguém sentir-se envergonhado. he made me feel small / ele me fez sentir envergonhado. to sing small coll baixar a crista, perder a arrogância. he sang small / ele perdeu a arrogância.

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) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) pequeno

2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) pequeno

3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) pouco

4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) minúsculo

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