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# cut

«cut» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to divide something or take a piece off with a knife or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (cut, cuts, cut, cutting); noun (a cut, cuts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To cut is to divide something or take a piece off with a knife or scissors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m1)

2) To cut is to make something shorter: «cut hair», «cut the grass». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m2)

3) To cut down is to make less: «cut down on sugar». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m3)

4) A cut is a small wound where the skin is opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m4)

5) A cut is a piece or a part taken off, or a share of money: «my cut». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m5)

6) A cut is a fall in an amount: «a price cut», «cuts to the budget». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m6)

7) (casual) «Cut it out!» means stop it; «cut in» means push into a queue or interrupt; «didn't make the cut» means was not chosen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m7)

8) (rude) «Cut the crap» means stop talking nonsense; «cut» or «gutted» (UK) means very upset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m8)

9) (euphemism) «Job cuts» or «staff cuts» mean people lose their jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m9)

10) (formal) Exams say «divide into», «sever», «partition», «subdivide», «reduce» and «a reduction of». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m10)

11) (informal) To cut someone loose means to set them free by cutting the ropes that tie them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#m11)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Cut includes cutting up an offering, and "cut off" means being removed from the people as a punishment. Interpretation: "Cut off" (karet) is understood by the rabbis as a serious heavenly punishment. Some explain it as early death or loss of the soul's place in the world to come. In the primary lessons: to take a piece away, or to make equal pieces: «cuts off D» takes D away; «cuts into K equal pieces» divides by K; in crafts we cut paper shapes; phrases: «cut off», «cut out», «cut into», «cut in half», «cut down», «short cut», «price cut»; in casual talk «cut it out», «cut in line», «what's my cut?»; in rough talk «cut the crap, how many did you take?»; in the exam voice «a rope is partitioned into 4 segments of equal length», «a reduction of 20 per cent»

### examples

- And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces. (Torah LEV.1.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x1)
- then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. (Torah DEU.25.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x2)
- Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people. (Torah LEV.7.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x3)
- Or where were the upright cut off? (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x4)
- And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood. (Prophets 2KI.6.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x5)
- Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.' (Writings LAM.3.54, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x6)
- Ben cuts off 5 metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x7)
- Mia cuts a 12-metre rope into 4 equal pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x8)
- Anna cut the cake into 8 slices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x9)
- Cut out the star shape carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x10)
- I cut my finger on the paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x11)
- Cut the pizza in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x12)
- We took a short cut through the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x13)
- Cut it out, you two, or no TV! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x14)
- Cut the crap, how many biscuits did you take? 3? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x15)
- The shop cut its prices by 5 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x16)
- A rope of a length of 12 metres is partitioned into 4 segments of equal length. Determine the length of each segment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x17)
- Many workers lost their jobs in the cuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/#x18)

### note

Past: cut (the same). «cuts off D» takes D away from the thing cut. «cuts into K equal pieces» divides the length by K. «partitioned into K equal segments» in an exam is the same. Trap: cutting a cake into 8 slices still means one cake. Trap: cutting a rope into K pieces needs K − 1 cuts. «a cut of 5 dollars» lowers the price by 5. Safety: carry scissors with the points down; tell an adult about a deep cut.

### In the corpora

- [Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.926/)
- [But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1019/)
- [And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.5/)
- [Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.162/)
- [And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.194/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cut» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cut/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.