cuts
Divides with blade
Cuts is the plural of cut, covering the noun's many senses: wounds from sharp objects, portions of meat, reductions in amount or size, or versions of a film.
In music, cuts are individual tracks: The album has some great cuts.
Someone's cuts at the gym are their visible muscle definition.
To make the cut is to qualify; to not make it is to be eliminated.
Sharp cutting utensil
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- razorBlade for removing hair
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- scissorsPivoted twin-blade cutter
scalpel · edge · slice · incision · carve · cleave · slash · precision
Torn, ragged wound
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
puncture · scrape · nick · slice · bleed · scar · sting · paper
Enforced economic stringency
- deficitAmount still owed
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- expenditureMoney paid out
- allocationDistribution of shares
fiscal · subsidy · funding · savings · reduction · shortfall · trimming · slash
Grooming establishment or gathering
- trimRemove unwanted edges
- stylistHair or fashion expert
- barberProfessional who trims locks
- layersStacked levels or coatings
bangs · fringe · bob · pixie · shag · fade · taper · undercut
Refining content for clarity
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- transitionChange from one state
- footageRecorded video material
splice · sequence · take · clip · shot · cinematography · storyboard · postproduction
Quick, straight blow
- digUnearth by shoveling
- barbBackward-pointing spike
- slightMinor or thin
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
diss · putdown · remark · sarcasm · biting · cruel · hurtful · sting
knife
Sharp cutting utensil
scissors · scalpel · edge · slice · incision · carve · cleave · slash · precision · surgical
laceration
Torn, ragged wound
incision · puncture · scrape · nick · slice · bleed · scar · sting · paper · razor
austerity
Enforced economic stringency
- deficitAmount still owed
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- expenditureMoney paid out
allocation · fiscal · subsidy · funding · savings · reduction · shortfall · trimming · slash · axe
salon
Grooming establishment or gathering
layers · bangs · fringe · bob · pixie · shag · fade · taper · undercut · blunt
editing
Refining content for clarity
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- transitionChange from one state
footage · splice · sequence · take · clip · shot · cinematography · storyboard · postproduction · dissolve
butcher
One who sells cuts
steak · chop · roast · brisket · tenderloin · sirloin · ribeye · filet · flank · chuck
jab
Quick, straight blow
snub · diss · putdown · remark · sarcasm · biting · cruel · hurtful · sting · verbal
skip
To deliberately exclude
front · queue · impatient · waiting · priority · VIP · budge · shortcut
final
Last and decisive
- editingRefining content for clarity
- selectionChosen item or items
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
exclusion · omission · deletion · removal · trimming · narrowing · shortlist · revision · curation · draft
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
- hurtsaches, burns, wounds, injures, harms
- irregularitiesbumps, dents, ridges, grooves, ripples
- Kitchen Dangersburns, fires, scalding, grease fire, hot stove
- outdoor hazardsbears, heatstroke, snakes, blisters, sunburn