1. A switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload 
2. A photograph from which the background has been cut away 
3. A part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out

1. Delete or remove
   "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article" 
2. Form and create by cutting out
   "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper" 
3. Cut off and stop
   "The bicyclist was cut out by the van"
   - cut off 
4. Strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
   - scratch out 
5. Intercept (a player)
   - cut down 
6. Cease operating
   "The pump suddenly cut out"

1. Having been cut out

Derived forms: cuts out, cutting out, cutouts, cut out

See also: cut

Type of: arrest, cease, check, contain, do away with, efface, electric switch, electrical switch, eliminate, end, erase, extinguish, finish, forge, form, get rid of, hold back, intercept, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], part, photographic print, portion, print, rub out, score out, shape, stop, switch, terminate, turn back, wipe off, work

Encyclopedia: Cut out

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