Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time.

    The party was cut short because everything was getting broken.

    beenden, verkürzen, abbrechen

    interrupt before its natural or planned end

  2. (transitive)To stop someone from finishing what they are saying.

    He cut her short because he knew what she was going to say.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.

Examples

73 sentences
  1. Don't cut it too short in the front.

    Не стрижіть закоротко спереду. — Ahha

    ruСпереди слишком коротко не обрезайте. — Biga

    deSchneiden Sie es vorn nicht zu kurz. — Manfredo

  2. Tom persuaded Mary not to get her hair cut short.

    Том переконав Мері не робити коротку стрижку. — Ahha

  3. He had his hair cut short.

    ruЕго коротко постригли. — odexed

    deEr hat sich die Haare kurz schneiden lassen. — lilygilder

  4. She had her hair cut short.

    ruОна коротко постриглась. — a5urbanipa1

    deSie hat sich die Haare kurz schneiden lassen. — MUIRIEL

  5. I wanted my hair cut short.

    ruЯ хотел, чтобы меня коротко подстригли. — odexed

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to curtail:
to interrupt and stop so. from speaking on and on:

Forms

cuts short, cutting short, cut short, cut short
Base formcut short · to cut short
3rd person singularcuts short
Present participlecutting short
Past simplecut short
Past participlecut short

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycut short
he, she, itcuts short

Past simpleLesson

all personscut short

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cut short
he, she, ithas cut short

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cut short

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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