Lot vs Cut - What's the difference?

lot | cut |

As a proper noun lot

is a nephew of abraham in the bible and quran.

As a noun cut is

vial.

As an interjection cut is

beat it]]!; take a hike!; [[get lost|get lost!.

As a verb cut is

to beat it; to take a hike; to get lost.

lot

English

Noun

(en noun)

A large quantity or number; a great deal.

* W. Black

He wrote to her he might be detained in London by a lot of business.

* , chapter=3

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.}}

A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.

(informal) A number of people taken collectively.

A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

* Kent

The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York.

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

* Spenser

But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.

Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

* Bible, Proverbs xvi. 33

The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.

* Shakespeare

If we draw lots , he speeds.

The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

* Milton

O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.

* Alexander Pope

He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.

as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.

A prize in a lottery.

(Evelyn)

Allotment; lottery.

* 1990 : (Donald Kagan), Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy , chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; 2239)

The Greeks expected their leaders to show physical courage, whether in the athletic arena or in battle, as well as piety, generosity, and nobility. Cimon had risen to power chiefly because of his military prowess, and any rival must be able to show at least honorable service and military competence. By this time, moreover, the generals were coming to be the most important political figures in Athens. Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot . Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.

All members of a set; everything.

The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot .

An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

Synonyms

* (large quantity or number) load, mass, pile * (number of things taken collectively) batch, collection, group, set * crowd, gang, group * (distinct portion or plot of land) allotment, parcel, plot * (that which happens without human design or forethought) destiny, fate, fortune * (anything used in determining a question by chance) * (fate that falls to one by chance) * (prize in a lottery) prize * See also

Derived terms

* a lot

Verb

(dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.

(US, informal, dated) To count]] or [[reckon on, reckon (on'' or ''upon ).

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cut

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

(participial adjective) Having been cut .

Reduced.

The pitcher threw a cut fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.

Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.

(of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.

(rfc-sense) (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.

(bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.

* 1988', Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", '''' ' 47 (6): 28-34.

Or how 'bout Shane DiMora? Could he possibly get rip-roaring cut this time around?

* 2010', Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", ''Reps!'' ' 17 :106

That's the premise of the overload principle, and it must be applied, even to ab training, if you're going to develop a cut , ripped midsection.

(informal) Circumcised.

(Australia, NZ, slang) Emotionally hurt.

Eliminated from consideration during a recruitment drive.

Removed from a team roster.

(NZ) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.

Synonyms

* snithe

Derived terms

* cut and dried * mad as a cut snake,

Noun

(en noun)

An opening resulting from cutting.

Look at this cut on my finger!

The act of cutting.

He made a fine cut with his sword.

The result of cutting.

a smooth or clear cut

A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.

a cut for a railroad

* Knolles

This great cut or ditch Secostris purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper.

A share or portion.

The lawyer took a cut of the profits.

(cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.

(cricket) 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 player next to the dealer makes a cut by placing the bottom half on top.

The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.

I like the cut of that suit.

* Shakespeare

with eyes severe and beard of formal cut

A slab, especially of meat.

That’s our finest cut of meat.

(fencing) 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.

* Washington Irving

Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed.

A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.

The drummer on the last cut of their CD is not identified.

(archaeology) 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.

A haircut.

(graph theory) the partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups

A string of railway cars coupled together.

An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.

a book illustrated with fine cuts

(obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

He'll buy me a cut , forth for to ride.

(slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.

A skein of yarn.

(Wright)

Derived terms

* a cut above * a cut below * boot cut * bowl cut * brush cut * budget cut * crew cut * cut of one's jib * cut-set * direct cut * director's cut * final cut/make the final cut * fine cut * French cut * jump cut/jump-cut * line cut * make the cut * maximum cut * minimum cut * pay cut * power cut * price cut * princess cut * rose cut * shaggy cut * shortcut * s-t cut * tax cut *

Verb

To incise, to cut into the surface of something.

#To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.

#*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

#*:You must cut this flesh from off his breast.

#To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.

#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

#*:Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, / With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way.

#To form or shape by cutting.

#*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

#*:Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, / Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?

#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

#*:loopholes cut through thickest shade

#To wound with a knife.

#*1990 , (Stephen Dobyns), The house on Alexandrine

#*:We don't want your money no more. We just going to cut you.

#To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.

#*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”

#To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.

#*(Joseph Addison) (1672–1719)

#*:The man was cut to the heart.

#To castrate or geld.

#To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.

(lb) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

*1858 , , (The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table)'', ''The Deacon's Masterpiece , in Chapter XI:

*:The panels of white-wood that cuts like cheese, / But lasts like iron for things like these;

To separate, remove, reject or reduce.

#To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.

#To reduce, especially intentionally.

#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot

, volume=188, issue=23, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Money just makes the rich suffer , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax.

#To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).

#* (1789-1842)

#*:An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity.

#To ignore as a social snub.

To cease recording activities.

To remove and place in memory for later use.

(lb) To enter a queue in the wrong place.

(lb) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 18, author=Daniel Taylor, work=Guardian Online

, title= Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2 , passage=Leicester's response was swift although the referee, Mark Halsey, was generous in the extreme when he awarded the penalty from which Paul Gallagher made it 1-1. Neither Joleon Lescott nor Vieira appeared to make any contact with Dyer as he cut between them.}}

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-16, author= John Vidal

, volume=189, issue=10, page=8, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas , passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.}}

To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it. (rfex)

(lb) To change direction suddenly.

To divide a pack of playing cards into two.

To write.

To dilute a liquid, usually alcohol.

(lb) To exhibit (a quality).

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 25, author=Paul Fletcher, work=BBC

, title= Arsenal 3-0 Ipswich (agg. 3-1) , passage=Arsenal were starting to work up a head of steam and Tractor Boys boss Paul Jewell cut an increasingly frustrated figure on the touchline.}}

(lb) To stop or disengage.

Synonyms

* See

Troponyms

* chop, hack, slice, trim

Derived terms

* becut * cut a caper * cut a deal * cut a figure * cut a rug / cut the rug * cut a swathe * cut a wide swathe * cut and paste * cut and run * cut both ways * cut capers * cut corners * cut down * cut for someone's size * cut from the same cloth * cut in * cut in line * cut it * cut it close * cut it fine * cut it out * cut like a knife * cut loose * cut off * cut one loose * cut one's coat according to one's cloth * cut one's losses * cut one's teeth * cut oneself * cut out * cut red tape * cut short * cut someone some slack/cut somebody some slack * cut the cheese * cut the mustard * cut the muster * cut the rug * cut to black * cut to the chase * cut to the quick * cut up * cut wind * cutthroat * cutting edge * cutting remark * fish or cut bait * forcut * forecut * fussy cut * have one's work cut out for one * incut * measure twice cut once / measure twice and cut once * offcut * outcut * overcut * undercut

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