What does cutting mean?
Definitions for cutting
ˈkʌt ɪŋcut·ting
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word cutting.
Princeton's WordNet
film editing, cuttingnoun
the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
cutting, slipnoun
a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
cut, cuttingnoun
the act of cutting something into parts
"his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
cuttingnoun
a piece cut off from the main part of something
clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, cutting, press cuttingnoun
an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
"he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
carving, cuttingnoun
removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
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"
cut, cuttingnoun
the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
"his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
cutting, thinningnoun
the act of diluting something
"the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"
cut, cutting, cutting offadjective
the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
"the barber gave him a good cut"
cutting, edged, stingingadjective
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
"cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
bleak, cutting, rawadjective
unpleasantly cold and damp
"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
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
cuttingnoun
The action of the verb to cut.
How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
cuttingnoun
A section removed from the larger whole.
cuttingnoun
A newspaper clipping.
cuttingnoun
A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
cuttingnoun
An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
cuttingnoun
The editing of film or other recordings.
cuttingnoun
Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
cuttingnoun
A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
cuttingadjective
That is used for cutting.
I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
cuttingadjective
Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Cutting
of Cut
Cuttingnoun
the act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc
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
Cuttingadjective
adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool
Cuttingadjective
chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind
Cuttingadjective
severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply
Freebase
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
cutting
The adjusting of a cask or spar, or turning it round.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cutting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3701
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cutting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2024
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cutting' in Nouns Frequency: #2246
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cutting in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cutting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of cutting in a Sentence
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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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Translations for cutting
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- рязане, сечене, монтажBulgarian
- mordaçCatalan, Valencian
- zářezCzech
- Steckling, Schneiden, Ableger, SenkreisGerman
- recorte, esquejeSpanish
- découpageFrench
- חיתוךHebrew
- decoupage, taleaItalian
- stekDutch
- skjæringNorwegian
- wycinek, montaż, przecięcie, sadzonka, cięcie, uszczypliwyPolish
- decupareRomanian
- вырезка, резание, монтаж, выдержка, черенок, режущий, нарезание, резка, закройка, рубкаRussian
- kesimTurkish
- різанняUkrainian
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