cut short
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
interrupt before its natural or planned end
We had to cut short our vacation
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
cause to end earlier than intended
The spontaneous applause cut the singer short
Types & categories
- interrupt hypernym
Sense 3 verb
make shorter as if by cutting off
truncate a word
Types & categories
- shorten hypernym
Related & opposite
- truncation derivation
- chop off entails
Sense 4 verb
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
My speech was cut short
Types & categories
- shorten hypernym
Related & opposite
- curtailment derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hang up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | interrupt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | truncation |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | chop off |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shorten |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | curtailment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shorten |