What's The Definition Of Cutting?
[n] the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"
[n] the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
[n] the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
[n] the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
[n] the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "his cutting the cards before every deal soon became a ritual"
[n] cutting away parts to create a desired shape
[n] the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
[n] an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
[n] a piece cut off from the main part of something
[n] a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
[adj] suitable for cutting or severing; "a cutting tool"; "the cutting edge"
[adj] as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
[adj] unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
[adj] (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cutting: bleak |
carving |
clipping |
cold |
cut |
cutting off |
edged |
film editing |
keen |
knifelike |
lancinate |
lancinating |
newspaper clipping |
piercing |
press clipping |
press cutting |
raw |
sharp |
slip |
stabbing |
stinging |
thinning |
unkind
Related Terms | Find terms related to Cutting: abbreviation |
abscission |
accidence |
acerb |
acerbate |
acerbic |
acid |
acidic |
acidulent |
acidulous |
acrid |
acrimonious |
acute |
adulteration |
affix |
affixation |
algid |
allomorph |
amphibian |
amputation |
ana |
analects |
angiosperm |
annual |
anthology |
apocope |
aposiopesis |
apportionment |
appositive |
aquatic plant |
arctic |
asperous |
astringent |
attribute |
attributive |
attrition |
bastardizing |
below zero |
biennial |
bit |
biting |
bitter |
bitterly cold |
bleak |
boreal |
bound morpheme |
brisk |
brumal |
budgeting |
butchering |
butt |
caustic |
chill |
chip |
chopping |
chunk |
clear-cut |
cleavage |
clip |
clipping |
clippings |
cold |
cold as charity |
cold as death |
cold as ice |
cold as marble |
collectanea |
collection |
collop |
complement |
conjugation |
construction modifier |
contamination |
contemptuous |
contraction |
corroding |
corrosive |
corruption |
cosmopolite |
crasis |
crisp |
crop |
crumb |
curtailment |
cut |
cutting the pie |
cuttings |
debasement |
deciduous plant |
declension |
decrease |
decrement |
deep structure |
depletion |
depreciation |
derivation |
derogation |
detraction |
dichotomy |
dicot |
dicotyledon |
difference of form |
diluent |
dilution |
diminution |
dip |
direct object |
disparagement |
dissolvent |
dividing |
division |
divvy |
doctoring |
dollop |
double-edged |
drastic |
driving |
edged |
effective |
elision |
ellipsis |
enclitic |
end |
enucleation |
ephemeral |
escharotic |
evergreen |
excerpta |
excerpts |
excessive |
excision |
exorbitant |
exotic |
extraction |
extracts |
extravagant |
extreme |
featheredged |
fierce |
filler |
fine |
fission |
florilegium |
flowering plant |
flowers |
forceful |
forcible |
formative |
form-function unit |
fortifying |
fragment |
fragments |
free form |
freezing |
freezing cold |
frigid |
function |
fungus |
furious |
gametophyte |
gathering |
gelid |
glacial |
gleaning |
gleanings |
gob |
gobbet |
great |
gutsy |
gymnosperm |
harsh |
harvest |
harvesting |
hibernal |
hiemal |
hunk |
hydrophyte |
hyperborean |
IC analysis |
ice-cold |
ice-encrusted |
icelike |
icy |
immediate constituent analysis |
immoderate |
impairment |
imperative |
impressive |
incisive |
inclement |
indirect object |
infix |
infixation |
inflection |
ingoing |
intemperate |
intense |
invidious |
irritating |
keen |
keen-edged |
knifelike |
laceration |
lacing |
lessening |
levels |
lump |
malevolent |
malicious |
miscellanea |
miscellany |
modicum |
modifier |
moiety |
monocot |
monocotyl |
mordacious |
mordant |
morph |
morpheme |
morphemic analysis |
morphemics |
morphology |
morphophonemics |
morsel |
mutilation |
nervous |
nipping |
nippy |
nose-tickling |
numbing |
nutting |
object |
outrageous |
paradigm |
parceling |
paring |
particle |
partition |
partitioning |
penetrating |
perennial |
phrase structure |
piece |
piercing |
pinching |
piquant |
plant |
poignant |
pollution |
polycot |
polycotyl |
polycotyledon |
portioning |
powerful |
predicate |
prefix |
prefixation |
probing |
proclitic |
pruning |
punchy |
pungent |
qualifier |
radical |
ranks |
rasher |
rationing |
raw |
razor-edged |
reaping |
reduction |
remission |
rending |
repartition |
resection |
resolutive |
resolvent |
retraction |
retrenchment |
rigorous |
ripping |
root |
rough |
sarcastic |
sardonic |
scathing |
scion |
scission |
scoop |
scorching |
scornful |
scrap |
section |
seed plant |
seedling |
sensational |
set |
severance |
severe |
shallow structure |
shard |
sharing |
sharing out |
sharp |
shaving |
shiver |
shortening |
shred |
shrinkage |
Siberian |
sinewed |
sinewy |
slashing |
sleety |
slice |
slicing |
slip |
sliver |
slot |
slot and filler |
slushy |
smithereen |
snack |
snappy |
snatch |
sneering |
snip |
snippet |
solvent |
sour |
spermatophyte |
spiking |
splinter |
splitting |
sporophyte |
stabbing |
stem |
stern |
stinging |
stitch |
stone-cold |
strata |
strident |
stringent |
strong |
structure |
stump |
subject |
subzero |
suffix |
suffixation |
supercooled |
surface structure |
surgery |
syncope |
syneresis |
syntactic analysis |
syntactic structure |
syntactics |
syntax |
tagmeme |
tart |
tatter |
tearing |
telling |
thallophyte |
theme |
thinning |
tough |
trenchant |
triennial |
truncation |
two-edged |
unconscionable |
underlying structure |
vascular plant |
vegetable |
vehement |
venomous |
vicious |
vigorous |
violent |
virulent |
vital |
vitriolic |
watering |
weed |
winterbound |
winterlike |
wintery |
wintry |
withering |
word arrangement |
word order |
word-formation |
wounding
See Also | card game |
cards |
clip |
clipping |
creating by removal |
dilution |
dissection |
division |
excerpt |
extract |
gash |
haircut |
incision |
nick |
notch |
opening |
part |
piece |
pruning |
quickset |
scission |
section |
selection |
severance |
severing |
shearing |
shortening |
slash |
slicing |
snick |
snip |
stalk |
stem |
surgical incision |
trim |
trimming |
truncation
Cutting In Webster's Dictionary
\Cut"ting\ (k[u^]t"t[i^]ng), n.
1. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing,
felling, shaping, etc.
2. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut
off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting
as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper;
an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a
way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.
\Cut"ting\, a.
1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
2. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
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