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Noun: cutin  kyoo-tin
  1. (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
Noun: cut-in  kút in
  1. (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
    - insert
     
  2. (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program
    - insert
Verb: cut in
  1. Break into a conversation
    "her husband always cuts in, even when he is not involved in the conversation";
    - chime in [informal], put in, butt in, barge in [informal], break in, chip in [informal]
     
  2. Allow someone to have a share or profit
     
  3. Drive in front of another vehicle leaving too little space for that vehicle to manoeuvre comfortably
     
  4. Interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner
    "Jim always cuts in!"
     
  5. Mix in with cutting motions

Derived forms: cut in, cut-ins, cuts in, cutting in, cutins

Type of: blend in, break, break up, cut off, disrupt, disruption, gap, interrupt, interruption, mix in, partake, partake in, plant material, plant substance, pull, share

Encyclopedia: Cutin

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