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cut

Verb

  1. 1

    cut

    To cut a connected object such as a string, thread, cord, etc., and separate it.

    Korean definition: 실, 줄, 끈 등의 이어진 것을 잘라 따로 떨어지게 하다.

    • After sewing on all the buttons, my grandmother bit off the thread with her teeth.

    • The students' art exhibition began with the principal cutting the ribbon.

  2. 2

    break off; cut off

    To stop a relationship from continuing.

    Korean definition: 관계를 이어지지 않게 하다.

    • After a big quarrel with an old friend, my grandfather stopped visiting him.

    • When my sister travels, she cuts off phone calls and email, so we don't hear from her until she gets back.

  3. 3

    stop; quit

    To stop doing or thinking about something that one has been doing or thinking about continuously.

    Korean definition: 계속해 오던 일이나 생각을 하지 않거나 멈추게 하다.

    • My nephew, now past his first birthday, stopped drinking formula and started drinking milk.

    • After quitting his job, Seunggyu stopped sending his parents the monthly living allowance.

  4. 4

    stop; quit

    To stop doing something that one has been doing habitually.

    Korean definition: 습관처럼 해 오던 것을 더 이상 하지 않다.

    • After reading an article about caffeine addiction, my sister quit coffee.

    • Mr. Kim decided to be hospitalized to quit the drugs he had been hooked on for the past few years.