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custody n. 1 care, custodianship, safe keeping, protection, charge,
guardianship, keeping: She was granted custody of the children.
2 imprisonment, detention, incarceration, confinement: The
police took three troublemakers into custody.
custom n. 1 practice, habit, usage, fashion, way, wont, tradition,
routine, convention, form: According to custom, the warriors of
the tribe paint their bodies. 2 customs. toll, duty, impost,
tax, excise, levy, dues, tariff: He was assigned to collect
customs and port duties. 3 patronage, support, business, trade:
The new butcher needs as much custom as possible.
--adv. 4 specially, especially, expressly, exclusively,
particularly; to order: All her clothes are custom-made.
customary adj. 1 usual, normal, conventional, routine, everyday, common,
commonplace, ordinary: Is it customary for them to eat lunch on
the premises? 2 accustomed, habitual, regular, traditional,
wonted: I took the customary way home.
customer n. 1 client, patron, buyer, purchaser; consumer: Mrs Morris is
one of our regular customers. 2 chap, fellow, character,
person, guy, Colloq Brit bloke: She would never go out with an
ugly customer like that.
cut v. 1 gash, slash, slit; open: I cut my finger on the glass. 2
slice, cut off, carve: Please cut me a thick piece of steak. 3
Often, cut up. hurt, wound, pain, upset, grieve, distress,
aggrieve, slight, insult, offend, affront: I was really all cut
up by her nasty remarks. 4 trim, snip, lop, clip, crop,
shorten, shear, chop off; mow; dock: The barber has cut too
much off the sides. 5 abbreviate, shorten, crop, condense,
abridge, edit, cut back, reduce, cut down; epitomize, abstract,
digest, summarize, curtail: Cut this script to make it fit into
the allotted time. 6 dilute, thin, water (down), weaken;
degrade, adulterate: They cut the rum with water to make grog.
7 avoid, fail to attend, eschew: Cynthia cut classes three days
this week. 8 lower, reduce, lessen, cut back (on), cut down
(on), slash, diminish, decrease, retrench (on), curtail: We
shall have to cut expenses if the company is to survive. 9
conclude, settle, agree: Once the deal was cut, there was no
going back on it. 10 prepare, draw, write, sign: We'll have