cutting
See also: Cutting
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: cut‧ting
Noun
cutting (countable and uncountable, plural cuttings)
- (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
- How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
- (countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- (countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
- (countable, British) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- Synonym: cut
- Antonym: embankment
- 1876, W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, Journey by Train:
- WE flash across the level. / We thunder thro' the bridges. / We bicker down the cuttings. / We sway along the ridges.
- (uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
- (uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- Boring, drilling, milling, and turning are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.
- (uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a personality disorder; self-harm.
Derived terms
Translations
action of the verb to cut
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section removed from a larger whole
newspaper clipping
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leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant
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abridged selection of written work
open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road
editing of film or other recordings
act of cutting one's own skin
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Adjective
cutting (not comparable)
- That is used for cutting.
- I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
- Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful.
- The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
- (India) Of a beverage: half-sized.
- a cutting chai
Hyponyms
Translations
that is used for cutting
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(potentially) hurtful
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Verb
cutting
- present participle of cut
References
- ^ “cutting, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1893; “cutting, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- cut (earthmoving) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- cutting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- cutting (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- cutting (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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