To cut across something.
To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.
To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
A crosswise cut.
A shortcut.
A crosscut saw.
A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
An instance of filmic crosscutting.
To take in the slack of (a rope).
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
To become shorter.
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).