Definitions for cutting
ˈkʌt ɪŋcut·ting

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. film editing, cuttingnoun

   the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

2. cutting, slipnoun

   a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

3. cut, cuttingnoun

   the act of cutting something into parts

   "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"

4. cuttingnoun

   a piece cut off from the main part of something

5. clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cuttingnoun

   an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

   "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"

6. carving, cuttingnoun

   removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

7. cut, cuttingnoun

   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. cut, cuttingnoun

   the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

   "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

9. cutting, thinningnoun

   the act of diluting something

   "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

10. cut, cutting, cutting offadjective

    the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

    "the barber gave him a good cut"

11. cutting, edged, stingingadjective

    (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

    "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"

12. bleak, cutting, rawadjective

    unpleasantly cold and damp

    "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

13. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinatingadjective

    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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cuttingnoun

   The action of the verb to cut.

   How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?

2. cuttingnoun

   A section removed from the larger whole.

3. cuttingnoun

   A newspaper clipping.

4. cuttingnoun

   A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

5. cuttingnoun

   An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.

   The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.

6. cuttingnoun

   The editing of film or other recordings.

7. cuttingnoun

   Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.

8. cuttingnoun

   A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.

9. cuttingadjective

   That is used for cutting.

   I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.

10. cuttingadjective

    Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.

    The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cuttingnoun

   A piece cut off; a chop.

   Etymology: from cut.

   The burning of the cuttings of vines, and casting them upon land, doth much good. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 667.

   Many are propagated above ground by slips or cuttings. John Ray.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cutting

   of Cut

2. Cuttingnoun

   the act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc

3. Cuttingnoun

   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

4. Cuttingadjective

   adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool

5. Cuttingadjective

   chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind

6. Cuttingadjective

   severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Cutting

   Cutting is the separation of a physical object, or a portion of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force. Implements commonly used for cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scalpel and microtome. However, any sufficiently sharp object is capable of cutting if it has a hardness sufficiently larger than the object being cut, and if it is applied with sufficient force. Even liquids can be used to cut things when applied with sufficient force. Cutting is a compressive and shearing phenomenon, and occurs only when the total stress generated by the cutting implement exceeds the ultimate strength of the material of the object being cut. The simplest applicable equation is stress = force/area: The stress generated by a cutting implement is directly proportional to the force with which it is applied, and inversely proportional to the area of contact. Hence, the smaller the area, the less force is needed to cut something.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cutting

   The adjusting of a cask or spar, or turning it round.

Matched Categories

1. • Creating By Removal
   • Dilution
   • Excerpt
   • Part
   • Stem

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cutting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3701

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cutting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2024

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'cutting' in Nouns Frequency: #2246

How to pronounce cutting?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Oliver

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cutting in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cutting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of cutting in a Sentence

1. Mark Elworthy:

   It’s been a little bit of a perfect storm, people are cutting out of their positions where they’ve been long and wrong ... a lot of people are running for a small door and prices get pushed to much more extreme levels than they would otherwise.

2. Tran Minh Son:

   It was like cutting my legs off so I've no way back, my parents complained quite a lot. They said, 'You're not my son - move out'.

3. Louise Gibson:

   I don't know about tougher (than the men), we didn't have the option of quitting or cutting it short. We rode all the way up to Tignes and it was absolutely chucking it down, it was really dangerous, but we rode through it.

4. Alexey Marey:

   Today our clients have less money and there is no bank which can afford to refrain from cutting costs or raising efficiency in an environment of depressed revenue growth and rising costs of risk, for some banks it is a question of survival, for others - it is a question of choosing priorities in cost cutting and development.

5. Andrew Hollenhorst:

   The slowing trend evident across categories raises concern that a slowing trend most evident in manufacturing is also becoming more apparent in the broader economy, this should leave the Fed right on the precipice of providing some 'insurance' by cutting rates at the July meeting.

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