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Meaning of cutting
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cutting
adj 1: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character;
"cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
[syn: {cutting}, {edged}, {stinging}]
2: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: {bleak}, {cutting}, {raw}]
3: 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" [syn: {cutting}, {keen}, {knifelike},
{piercing}, {stabbing}, {lancinate}, {lancinating}]
n 1: the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and
putting them together to create a film [syn: {film
editing}, {cutting}]
2: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant
to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting [syn:
{cutting}, {slip}]
3: the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were
skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
[syn: {cut}, {cutting}]
4: a piece cut off from the main part of something
5: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched
through piles of letters and clippings" [syn: {clipping},
{newspaper clipping}, {press clipping}, {cutting}, {press
cutting}]
6: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern
or shape [syn: {carving}, {cutting}]
7: 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" [syn: {cut},
{cutting}]
8: the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge;
"his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" [syn:
{cut}, {cutting}]
9: the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with
water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" [syn:
{cutting}, {thinning}]
10: the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends;
"the barber gave him a good cut" [syn: {cut}, {cutting},
{cutting off}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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