"cut short" meaning in All languages combined

See cut short on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-cut short.ogg Forms: cut shorter [comparative], cut shortest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} cut short (comparative cut shorter, superlative cut shortest)
  1. (participial adjective) Having been cut short, reduced. Tags: adjective, error-misspelling, participle
    Sense id: en-cut_short-en-adj-9COaQcFU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 34 38 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 37 26 5

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cut short.ogg Forms: cuts short [present, singular, third-person], cutting short [participle, present], cut short [participle, past], cut short [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> short}} cut short (third-person singular simple present cuts short, present participle cutting short, simple past and past participle cut short)
  1. (transitive) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time. Tags: transitive Translations (to curtail): beenden (German), verkürzen (German), abbrechen (German), inaki (Maori), keremutu (Maori), sustar (Portuguese) Translations (to interrupt and stop so. from speaking on and on): jmdm. das Wort abschneiden [idiomatic] (German), jmdm. ins Wort fallen (German), cortar (Spanish), interrumpir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cut_short-en-verb-kePWM1ss Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 34 38 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 37 26 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 38 29 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 49 22 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 45 22 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 27 45 22 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 45 22 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 54 20 3 Disambiguation of 'to curtail': 94 4 3 Disambiguation of 'to interrupt and stop so. from speaking on and on': 64 29 8
  2. (transitive) To stop someone from finishing what they are saying. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cut_short-en-verb-gPtdeYAO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 34 38 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 37 26 5
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.
    Sense id: en-cut_short-en-verb-94JyfntK

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time."
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          "sense": "to curtail",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to curtail",
      "word": "beenden"
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