Cut
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having been cut. Reduced. Carved into a shape; not raw. Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point. Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles. Circumcised.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An opening resulting from cutting. The act of cutting. The result of cutting. A share or portion. A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point. Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball. The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards. The manner or style a garment is fashioned in. A slab, especially of meat. An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point. A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance. A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc. A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To perform an incision, for example with a knife. To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument. To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing. To enter a queue in the wrong place. To cease recording activities. To reduce, especially intentionally. To form or shape by cutting. To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so. To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it. To not attend a class, especially when not permitted. To change direction suddenly. To divide a pack of playing cards into two To dilute a liquid, usually alcohol.
Example sentence: So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber.
Skip
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move by hopping on alternate feet.To leap about lightly.To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.To omit or disregard (some item or stage).To place an item in a skip.Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.An open-topped rubbish bin, ranging in size from perhaps 1.5x1.5 metres up to 6x3 metres, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents. See also skep.An Australian person of Anglo-Celtic descent. Used by people of southern European descent (those who the "skips" in turn call "wogs"), not used by Anglo Australians themselves. Usually taken to be from Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and not of itself insulting (though might be used as such).The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocksShort for skipper, the master or captain of a ship.The elevator in a mine.
Example sentence: I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.