Cutting - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting (syn: slip)
- the act of cutting something into parts (syn: cut)
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine (syn: clipping)
- removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape (syn: carving)
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing (syn: cut)
- the act of diluting something (syn: thinning)
adjective
- painful as if caused by a sharp instrument (syn: keen, lancinating, piercing, stabbing)
Extra examples
He made a cutting remark about my family, and I haven't spoken to him since.
...a frigid day with a cutting wind that made it seem even colder...
Cutting a piece of string
The company is on the cutting edge of technology.
...the dull knife just bounced off the skin of the tomato without cutting it...
Cutting taxes may facilitate economic recovery.
He says that cutting taxes will help to accelerate economic growth.
...known for cutting didoes at the holiday party held each year at the office...
...a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city...
The mayor tried to hamstring our efforts by cutting the budget.
...since its incipience, the show has been on the cutting edge of comedy...
...possessing a nimble wit, he always has a cutting comeback for any intended insult thrown his way...
They are cutting costs by using nonunion labor.
...the fabric store sells oddments left over from cutting...
...retaliated his neighbor's malicious destruction of his flower garden by cutting down the man's prize apple tree...
Word forms
singular: cutting
plural: cuttings
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