cutting
cutting Lexical Profile
cutting Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Designed or able to divide, slice, or penetrate materials with a sharp edge.
"Always wear protective gloves when handling heavy cutting tools in the workshop."
Causing emotional pain or hurt feelings; sharp, harsh, or sarcastic in tone.
"She made a cutting remark about his lack of preparation during the meeting."
Intensely cold and penetrating (typically used of wind or frost).
"A cutting wind blew across the open moor, forcing the hikers to seek shelter."
• noun
The action or process of severing, slicing, or trimming something, or of editing film and audio recordings.
"The final cutting of the documentary took several weeks in the editing suite."
A piece of stem, root, or leaf detached from a plant and used for propagation to grow a new plant.
"The gardener took several cuttings from the prized rosebush to propagate in the greenhouse."
British An article, photograph, or advertisement clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
"He kept a scrapbook filled with press cuttings documenting his early theatrical career."
British An open excavation dug through a hill or raised ground to carry a railway, road, or canal at a lower level.
"The train passed through a deep chalk cutting before emerging into the valley."
• Rhymes for cutting
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in Middle English from the verb 'cut' (likely of North Germanic origin, related to Old Norse 'kuti', meaning a small knife) plus the suffix '-ing'.