cut into

1. 1.

   turn up, loosen, or remove earth

   “Dig we must”

   “turn over the soil for aeration”

   Synonymsdigdelveturn over

   Broaderremove

   Narrowerfurrowroutspadeshoveltrowelburrow

Questions about cut into

What does cut into mean?

cut into means "turn up, loosen, or remove earth".

What is another word for cut into?

Close synonyms include dig, delve, turn over. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cut into a common word?

cut into is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.