1. A part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out
   "The children made paper cutouts for their art project"
    
2. A photograph from which the background has been cut away
   "The magazine used a cutout of the celebrity for their cover"
    
3. A switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload
   "The cutout prevented damage to the electrical system during the power surge"

1. Be particularly suited or fitted for
   "He's cut out for teaching"; "She wasn't cut out for office work"
    
2. Delete or remove
   "Cut out the extra text"; "cut out the newspaper article";
   - exscind
    
3. Form and create by cutting out
   "Picasso cut out a guitar from a piece of paper"
    
4. Strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
   "cut out my name on that list";
   - scratch out
    
5. Suddenly force another vehicle or person out of their path or position, especially in traffic
   "The bicyclist was cut out by the van";
   - cut off
    
6. Cease operating
   "The pump suddenly cut out"
    
7. (baseball) intercept (a player)
   "The catcher cut out the runner at second base";
   - cut down

1. Having been cut out
   "The cut out paper snowflakes decorated the classroom windows"

Derived forms: cut out, cutouts, cutting out, cuts out

See also: cut, scrape

Type of: arrest, cease, check, contain, do away with, efface, electric switch, electrical switch, eliminate, end, erase, extinguish, finish, forge, form, get rid of, hold back, intercept, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], part, photographic print, portion, print, rub out, score out, shape, stop, switch, terminate, turn back, wipe off, work

Encyclopedia: Cutout