cutting

Pluralcuttings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of cut. Use this form when the cutting is happening now or as the name of the action.

   He is cutting the bread for dinner right now.

   Cutting the wire finally stopped the alarm.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of using a blade to divide or remove something.

   The cutting of the cake came after the speeches.

   Careful cutting kept the cloth from fraying.

   Similarslicing, severing

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A small piece of a plant, like a stem or leaf, that you grow into a new plant.

   Like taking one small piece of a plant to grow a whole new plant.

   He grew a new rose from a small cutting.

   Take a cutting from the healthy stem and put it in water.

   Similarslip

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4. 4
   adjective

   Used about words that are unkind and meant to hurt someone's feelings.

   Like words that sting as much as a small cut.

   His cutting words made her cry.

   That was a very cutting thing to say.

   Similarhurtful, barbed, scathing, caustic, biting

   Oppositekind, gentle, flattering

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5. 5
   adjective

   Very sharp and biting, like a strong cold wind.

   A cutting wind blew through the empty streets.

   The cold was so cutting that we hurried back inside.

   Similarbiting, piercing, bitter, raw, sharp

   Oppositemild, gentle, balmy

6. 6
   nouncountable

   A piece that has been cut from something bigger.

   He showed me a cutting from the large sheet of paper.

   The tailor saved a small cutting of cloth for repairs.

   Similarpiece, bit, slice, chunk, fragment

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A piece cut from a newspaper, such as an article or photo you want to keep.

   She kept a cutting from the newspaper about her school's win.

   Grandpa saved a cutting that showed his old shop.

   Similarclip, snippet, scrap

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8. 8
   noununcountable

   The work of choosing and joining parts of film or sound recordings.

   The cutting of the movie made the story much clearer.

   Good cutting can make a film feel faster and more exciting.

   Similarediting

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9. 9
   adjective

   Made or used for cutting things, like a sharp blade or edge.

   Keep the cutting blade away from small children.

   This cutting tool slices through thick rope with ease.

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10. 10
    nouncountable

    A shortened part of a play or book, often used for a performance.

    He read a cutting from the play at the school show.

    Each actor brought a short cutting to perform for the judges.

    Similarexcerpt, extract, selection

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