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forecut

forecut verb: to cut beforehand or in advance.

Verb

forecut (third-person singular simple present forecuts, present participle forecutting, simple past and past participle forecut)

  1. (transitive) To cut beforehand or in advance.
  2. (transitive) To cut the front or forward part of (a thing)

Noun

forecut (plural forecuts)

  1. That which is or has been forecut.

Forms of forecut

Verb
third-person singular presentforecuts
present participleforecutting
past participleforecut
pastforecut
Noun
pluralforecuts

Origin of forecut

From fore- + cut.

Questions about forecut

What does forecut mean?
Forecut means to cut beforehand or in advance.
What part of speech is forecut?
Forecut can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of forecut?
The past tense of forecut is forecut.

Words near forecut in the dictionary

  1. forecrops
  2. forecrown
  3. forecrowns
  4. forecry
  5. forecurse
  6. forecut
  7. forecuts
  8. forecutter
  9. forecutters
  10. foredamn
  11. foredamned

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