1. (noun)film editing, cutting the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
2. (noun)cutting, slip a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
3. (noun)cut, cutting the act of cutting something into parts "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
4. (noun)cutting a piece cut off from the main part of something
5. (noun)clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cutting an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
6. (noun)carving, cutting removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
7. (noun)cut, cutting the division of a deck of cards before dealing "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"
8. (noun)cut, cutting the act of penetrating or openingopen with a sharpedge "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
9. (noun)cutting, thinning the act of diluting something "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
10. (adj)cut, cutting, cutting off the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends "the barber gave him a good cut"
11. (adj)cutting, edged, stinging (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
12. (adj)bleak, cutting, raw unpleasantly cold and damp "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
13. (adj)cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating painful as if caused by a sharpinstrument "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
2. (adj)cutting chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cuttingwind
3. (adj)cutting severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cuttingreply
4. (noun)cutting the act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc
5. (noun)cutting 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