Cut

A cut can be:

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• a laceration, such as to the skin.
• a version, such as of a movie.
• a blockage, such as in a supply line.
• the act of cutting a shuffled deck for randomization purposes during a card game deal.
• in civil engineering for (rail)road construction a cut is an excavation e.g. through a hill, see fill.
• a removal, such as haircut or trees.
• a command given by a director to stop filming.
• the Unix cut command to read only certain parts of a line.
• a rule, cut (cut-elimination) in certain logical deduction systems, which says that if (A, B, . . .) imply C, and C implies D, then (A, B, . . .) imply D. Hence the C is "cut" out of the implication.
• Cut, a notion in graph theory.
• a vest worn by a member of a motorcycle club
• the remainder of competitors in an athletic team or event, or the removal of one or many from a group or business; see job cut.
• in clothing, sewing or tailoring, cut refers to the style of a garment's construction as opposed to its fabric or trim.
• in etiquette, a cut or cut direct is a deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
• CUT may stand for Church Universal and Triumphant.
• in African-American music, cut (music).
• an adulterant added to an illicit drug, cutting agent
 
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