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2 : an individual usu. having some specified distinctive trait

Synonyms

guest, patron; also consumer, end user, user; buyer, purchaser; prospect. shopper, window-shopper

cus·tom·house noun : the building where customs are paid

cus·tom·ize verb -ized; -iz·ing : to build, fit, or alter according to individual specifications

cus·tom–made adjective : made to individual order

Synonyms

custom, tailored; also particular, special, specialized; handcrafted, handmade

Antonyms

mass-produced, ready-made

1cut verb cut; cut·ting 1 : to penetrate or divide with a sharp edge : CLEAVE, GASH; also : to experience the growth of (a tooth) through the gum

2 : to hurt the feelings of

3 : to strike sharply

4 : to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring : SHORTEN, REDUCE

5 : to remove by severing or paring

6 : INTERSECT, CROSS

7 : to divide into parts

8 a : to go quickly or change direction abruptly

b : to veer from a direct line

9 : to cause to stop

10 : to proceed obliquely from a straight course — often used with across

Synonyms

[1] cleave, gash, rip, slash, slice, slit; also saw; rive, split; pierce, stab; bruise, hack, lacerate, mangle; rend, tear; butcher, carve, dissect; chop, dice, mince; amputate, cut off, sever

[4] bob, clip, crop, curtail, cut back, dock, lop, nip, prune, reduce, shave, shear, shorten, trim—more at CLIP

usually cut across [10] cover, crisscross, cross, follow, go, pass, proceed, travel, traverse—more at TRAVERSE

2cut noun 1 : something made by cutting : GASH, CLEFT

2 : a portion belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual or group : SHARE

3 : a segment or section of a meat carcass

4 : an excavated channel or roadway

5 : a sharp stroke or blow

6 : REDUCTION <~ in wages>

7 : the shape or manner in which a thing is cut

8 : a grade or step

Synonyms

[2] allotment, allowance, part, portion, proportion, quota, share—more at SHARE

[8] degree, grade, inch, notch, peg, phase, point, stage, step—more at DEGREE

cut–and–dried also cut–and–dry adjective : according to a plan, set procedure, or formula

cu·ta·ne·ous adjective : of, relating to, or affecting the skin

cut·back noun 1 : something cut back

2 : REDUCTION

cut back verb 1 : to shorten by cutting

2 : to remake in a smaller size

Synonyms

[1] bob, clip, crop, curtail, cut, dock, lop, nip, prune, shave, shear, trim—more at CLIP

[2] abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten—more at SHORTEN

cut down verb : to strike to the ground with or as if with a sharp blow

Synonyms

chop, fell, hew—more at FELL

cute adjective cut·er; cut·est [ORIGIN: short for acute]

1 : CLEVER, SHREWD

2 : daintily attractive : PRETTY

cu·ti·cle noun 1 : an outer layer (as of skin or a leaf)

2 : dead or horny epidermis esp. around a fingernail

— cu·tic·u·lar adjective

cut in verb 1 : to thrust oneself between others

2 : to interrupt a dancing couple and take one as one's partner

Synonyms

break, chime in, interpose, interrupt, intrude—more at INTERRUPT

cut·lass noun : a short heavy curved sword

cut·ler noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF cuteler, fr. LL cultellarius, fr. L cultellus knife]

: one who makes, deals in, or repairs cutlery

cut·lery noun : edged or cutting tools; especially : implements for cutting and eating food

cut·let noun 1 : a slice of meat (as veal) for broiling or frying

2 : a flat croquette of chopped meat or fish

Synonyms

fritter, patty

cut·off noun 1 : the channel formed when a stream cuts through the neck of an oxbow; also : SHORTCUT

2 : a device for cutting off

3 plural : shorts orig. made from jeans with the legs cut off at the knees or higher

cut off verb : to set apart from others

Synonyms

insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester—more at ISOLATE

cut·out noun : something cut out or prepared for cutting out from something else

1cut out verb 1 : to determine or assign through necessity

2 : DISCONNECT

3 : to