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 Definitions of cutting  [ˈkʌt ɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'cutting' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cutting
the act of one that cuts.

2.  cutting
something cut, cut off, or cut out.

3.  cutting
a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant for propagation.

4.  cutting
something made by cutting, as a recording.

5.  cutting
a clipping from a newspaper, magazine, etc.

6. (adj.) cutting
designed or used for cutting.

7.  cutting
penetrating or dividing by or as if by a cut.

8.  cutting
piercing, as a wind.

9.  cutting
sarcastic.

Etymology:  (1350–1400)

Definition of 'cutting' Princeton's WordNet 

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 opening open with a sharp edge
"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 sharp instrument
"a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"


Definition of 'cutting' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) cutting
adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool

2. (adj) cutting
chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind

3. (adj) cutting
severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply

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

6.  cutting
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Translation of 'cutting' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: steggie Arabic flag Arabic: قِطعة من نَبْته: تَركيبَـ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бот. резник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: muda Czech flag Czech: řízek German flag German: der Steckling
Danish flag Danish: stikling Greek flag Greek: κομμάτι από φυτό που ξανα Spanish flag Spanish: esqueje
Estonian flag Estonian: pistik Farsi flag Farsi: قلمه Finnish flag Finnish: pistokas
French flag French: bouture Hebrew flag Hebrew: יִחוּר Hindi flag Hindi: कलम
Croatian flag Croatian: cijep Hungarian flag Hungarian: dugvány Indonesian flag Indonesian: setek
Icelandic flag Icelandic: afleggjari, græðlingur Italian flag Italian: talea Japanese flag Japanese: さし木
Korean flag Korean: 꺾꽃이용 가지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: auginys, gyvašakė Latvian flag Latvian: spraudenis
Malay flag Malay: tut Dutch flag Dutch: stek Norwegian flag Norwegian: avlegger, stikling
Polish flag Polish: sadzonka Persian flag Persian: قلمه Pashto flag Pashto: قلمه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: rebento Romanian flag Romanian: butaş Russian flag Russian: черенок
Slovak flag Slovak: odrezok Slovenian flag Slovenian: potaknjenec Serbian flag Serbian: sadnica
Swedish flag Swedish: stickling, skott Thai flag Thai: กิ่งตอน Turkish flag Turkish: çelik, dal
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 插條,插枝 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: живець Urdu flag Urdu: كاٹ‍ا هوا ٹ‍ک‍ڑا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cành giâm Chinese flag Chinese: 插条,插枝

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