Cut-out

(control systems) A value of temperature or pressure at which a control circuit opens.

1.  Excise, remove as if by cutting; also, form or shape as if by cutting or carving. For example, Young children love cutting out pictures from magazines, or The first step is cutting out the dress pattern. The first usage dates from about 1400, the second from the mid-1500s.
2.  Oust, replace, or supplant someone, as in He cut out all her other boyfriends. [Mid-1600s]
3.  Also, cut out for. Suited or fitted by nature, as in Dean's not cut out for lexicography. [Mid-1600s]
4.  Also, cut out for. Assigned beforehand, prepared, predetermined, as in We have our work cut out for us. [Early 1600s]
5.  Deprive, as in He cut her out of his will. [Early 1800s]
6.  Stop, cease, as in He cut out the motor, or Cut out that noise! [c. 1900] Also see cut it out.
7.  Leave, especially in a hurry; also, run away. For example, I'm cutting out right now, or At the first hint of a police raid they cut out. [Slang; first half of 1800s] Also see cut and run; cut the comedy.

Definition: excise, remove
Antonyms: add, include

The verb has 8 meanings:

Meaning #1: delete or remove

Meaning #2: form by cutting out

Meaning #3: cut off and stop
  Synonym: cut off

Meaning #4: form or shape by cutting or incising
  Synonym: cut

Meaning #5: strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
  Synonym: scratch out

Meaning #6: cut out material such as wood, etc., so as to make as certain shape

Meaning #7: intercept (a player), in baseball
  Synonym: cut down

Meaning #8: cease operating; as of machinery

The adjective cut out has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having been cut out

Cut-out may refer to:

• Cutout animation
• Cutout (electric power distribution), a combination fuse and knife switch used on power poles
• Cut-out (espionage), a mechanism used to pass information
• Cut-out (recording industry), deeply-discounted or remaindered recordings
• Cut-Outs (Photographic Industry), an image which is photographed on a white background and can be cut-out for layout purposes.
• Cut-Outs or Cutouts (Digital Photography), an image which is predominantly black and white, with the original colour elements showing. Usually created in a photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop.
• To "cut out" of a scene is to make an editing transition: see film editing

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