cut-n; 20 Senses

Sense Number 1: a portion of assets, profits

Commentary: CUT[+quantity][+portion][+assets]
NOTE: usually refers to money

Examples:
One of the bank robbers believed he did not get his fair cut of the loot.
John's cut of the company, when they sold it, amounted to more than 10 million dollars.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 19

Sense Number 2: visual transition in a film, movie

Commentary: CUT[+event][+transition][+visual][+in_film]

Examples:
The cut from the scene at the party to the office next morning seemed too abrupt.
There are different types of cut we could do here, e.g., gradual dissolve or montage

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 3: a narrow passage, dugout by either erosion or excavation

Commentary: CUT[+form][+structure][+passage][+narrow][+dugout]

Examples:
The scout located a cut through the mountains where the wagon trains could pass.
The river made a new cut through the valley after the last big flood, when it overran its banks.
We walked along the remnants of an old railroad cut.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6, 9

Sense Number 4: a measure of value

Commentary: CUT[+quality][+measure][+of_value][+relative]

Examples:
This chocolate is a cut above the rest.
The singer's performance last night was a cut below her usual standards of excellence.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 5: a wound, a gash

Commentary: CUT[+form][+flesh][+damaged][+wound][+narrow]

Examples:
The doctor cleaned the cut with a disinfectant and put a bandage over it.
The child got a cut on his foot stepping on broken glass.
Surgical cuts usually heal much faster than ones received in injury.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 16

Sense Number 6: a piece of meat, often named for its anatomical origin

Commentary: CUT[+entity][+substance][+meat][+piece][+named][+for_origin][+anatomical]

Examples:
The chef used an inexpensive cut of meat for his famous beef ragout.
These particular cuts of meat are hard to find outside of France.
There's too much fat on those cuts of beef.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 7: a cruel or biting remark

Commentary: CUT[+event][+speech_act][+remark][+cruel]

Examples:
The speaker just ignored cuts from the audience and continued his argument.
Mary's unkindest cut was to tell the musician that he was tone deaf.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 8: recording tracks of music made on some medium

Commentary: CUT[+entity][+artifact][+track][+recording][+music]

Examples:
I want you to listen to this cut off Springsteen's new album.
John liked a few cuts from the world music CD I gave to him.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 9: a reduction in quantity of something

Commentary: CUT[+event][+transition][+reduction][+of_quantity]

Examples:
Employees across the entire company will have to take pay cuts.
The author disagreed with the editor's proposed cuts to several chapters of the novel.
A cut in taxes could stimulate the economy at this time.
Bob made the cut for the varsity team. (He made, i.e., survived, the cut, elimination)

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 15

Sense Number 10: the particular style of a garment

Commentary: CUT[+quality][+style][+garment]

Examples:
The dress is of a traditional cut.
John likes the cut of the suits worn by the men on Wall Street.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 17

Sense Number 11: a social snub

Commentary: CUT[+event][+social][+snub]

Examples:
The woman wondered whether it was a cut when the Duchess walked by without looking at her.
His cut by the social elite after the scandal did not bother the young painter.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 10

Sense Number 12: gesture of swinging baseball bat at a ball

Commentary: CUT[+event][+physical][+gesture][+swing][+of_bat][+baseball]

Examples:
The batter made a cut at the fast ball.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 18

Sense Number 13: stroke of a racket ball that adds backward spin to it

Commentary: CUT[+event][+physical][+gesture][+stroke][+of_ball][+with_spin][+backward]

Examples:
Cuts do not prevent good tennis players from returning the ball to their opponent.
The tennis instructor showed us how to put a cut on the ball.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 13

Sense Number 14: the act of dividing a card deck into two arbitrary pieces

Commentary: CUT[+event][+physical][+gesture][+division][+arbitrary][+of_deck][+card]

Examples:
The blackjack dealer invited one of the players to make the cut.
A cut is supposed to ensure that the person who shuffled the deck is not cheating.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 15: the intentional act of making a sharp incision

Commentary: CUT[+event][+intentional][+physical][+gesture][+incision][+sharp]

Examples:
Make small diagonal cuts across the top of the pie crust.
The surgeon made a three-inch cut into the patient's abdomen.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11

Sense Number 16: partitioning a whole into pieces

Commentary: CUT[+event][+physical][+partitioning][+of_whole][+into_pieces]
NOTE: implies a thing severed into pieces, not just a gash into the thing (Sense 15)

Examples:
The caterer made skillful quick cuts of wedding cake and placed each of them on a plate.
The child's cut of the brownie into two pieces was not even.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 12

Sense Number 17: the act of trimming off length

Commentary: CUT[+event][+physical][+trimming][+length]

Examples:
The hairstylist gave Sally a new short cut.
I gave the lawn a good cut before it rained.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 14

Sense Number 18: an edited version of a film

Commentary: CUT[+entity][+artifact][+copy][+edition][+of_movie]

Examples:
Our video store now carries the director's cut of that film.
The DVD contains some additional cuts that were not shown in theaters.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 19: unexcused absence from school

Commentary: CUT[+state][+absence][-excused][+from_school]

Examples:
Johnny got detention for his cuts last semester.
If she would stop making cuts of math class, she might pass the course.

Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 20

Sense Number 20: severance from a social connection or tie

Commentary: CUT[+event][+social][+severance][+of_relationship]
NOTE: loosely related to Sense 11, but implies a significant state change, not particular gesture at a specific moment.

Examples:
The incident resulted in a cut of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
They needed the chance to make a clean cut with their troubled past.

Mappings:
PropBank: cut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 20