Dictionary

cutting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(General-American) audio

Etymology

From cut + -ing.

Meanings

(not-comparable) That is used for cutting.
- The power consumed in metal cutting is largely converted into heat near the cutting edge of the tool, and many of the economic and technical problems of machining are caused directly or indirectly by this heating action. 1984, E[dward] M[oor] Trent, “Heat in Metal Cutting”, in Metal Cutting, 2nd edition, London; Boston, Mass.: Butterworths & Co., published 1989, →ISBN, page 54:
- I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
(not-comparable) Piercing, sharp.
- The weather was atrocious, with bitterly cold wind and cutting sleet—rather appropriate, considering Aunt Fonteyn's temperament. 2004 June, P[atricia] N[ead] Elrod, chapter 12, in Death Masque (Adventures of Jonathan Barrett, Gentleman Vampire; 3), Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 211:
(not-comparable) Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful; curt.
- Poor Betsy had often been the subject of Tommy's jokes; many a cutting remark had been made about her dress, which, though clean and whole, was always poor and old-fashioned; [...] 1861 September, “The Little Gleaner”, in The Child’s Companion, and Juvenile Instructor, number 201, London: The Religious Tract Society; […], →OCLC, page 260:
- The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
- [H]e concludes with this cutting remark, But Benefactors may give Money, but not grateful Minds to ſuch as receive it. 1703, Ambr[ose] Philips, “An Appendix to the Life of Abp. Williams”, in The Life of John Williams, Lᵈ Keeper of the Great Seal, Bishop of Lincoln, and ABp. [Archbishop] of York. […], 2nd edition, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] A[bel] Roper […]; and R. Basset […], →OCLC, page 311:
(India, not-comparable) Of a beverage: half-sized.
- a cutting chai
(not-comparable, obsolete, slang) Cutthroat; ruthlessly competitive.
- […] there are always some "free lances" who are ready to do a "cutting" trade, and thus become formidable competitors. 1889, Brewers' Guardian, volume 19, page 159:

Deriveds

cuttingness · noncutting · overcutting · cuttingly

Hyponyms

cross-cutting

Translations (16)

ru ре́жущий ((potentially) hurtful) · es cortante (that is used for cutting) · it pungente ((potentially) hurtful) · gl tallante (that is used for cutting) · it affilato ((potentially) hurtful) · eo acerba ((potentially) hurtful) · bg режещ (that is used for cutting) · es tajante ((potentially) hurtful) · it tagliente ((potentially) hurtful) · pt cortante ((potentially) hurtful) · it graffiante ((potentially) hurtful) · sh rezak ((potentially) hurtful) · pl uszczypliwy ((potentially) hurtful) · it sferzante ((potentially) hurtful) · ca mordaç ((potentially) hurtful) · sh rezni (that is used for cutting)

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cutting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(General-American) audio

Etymology

From cut + -ing.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
- The first industrial use of CO₂ lasers was the cutting of plywood dye boards for the packaging industry. [...] The laser cutting process has a number of advantages over competing technologies which have ensured the growth of this branch of industry: [...] 1993, John Powell, “The Basic Principles”, in CO₂ Laser Cutting, London; Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, section 1.1 (The Cutting Process), pages 2–3:
- Female genital cutting is an intentional, nonmedical modification of the female genitalia. It is commonly performed on girls between the ages of 4 and 16, although in some cases it is performed on infants as young as three months old. 2014, Mary Nyangweso, “Female Genital Cutting: An Overview”, in Female Genital Cutting in Industrialized Countries: Mutilation or Cultural Tradition?, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, ABC-CLIO, page 15:
- Ye ſhall not make any cuttings in your fleſh for the dead, nor print any markes vpon you: I am the Lord. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 19:28, column 1:
- How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
- The first stage of the demolition work consisted of removing, by oxy-acetylene cutting, the whole of the plate floor, cross-girders, and lattice parapets. 1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
(countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
- I make such gelatine as above mentioned of two different qualities, [...] and I use all such hides and skins, and cuttings of hides and skins as are usually employed in manufacturing glue according to the ordinary method, and which are commonly called glue-pieces, [...] 1839 March 23, George Nelson, “Specification of a Patent Granted to George Nelson, […] for a New or Improved Method, or New and Improved Methods of Preparing Gelatine which has the Properties of or Resembles Glue.—Sealed March 23, 1839”, in The Repertory of Patent Inventions, […], volume XIII (New Series), number LXXVII, London: […] J. S. Hodson, […], published May 1840, →OCLC, page 270:
- [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...] 1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:
- Yet, while paper cuttings can look very modern, paper cutting as an activity has a long, rich heritage. The Chinese, who first invented paper as we know it, started cutting more than a thousand years before most Europeans had ever seen a piece of paper. The oldest extant paper cutting is a simple symmetrical circle from the sixth century that was found in a far western province of China. 2011, Natalie Avella, “Introduction”, in Laura Heyenga, compiler, Paper Cutting: Contemporary Artists, Timeless Craft, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 9, column 1:
(countable) A section removed from a larger whole. ▸ A newspaper clipping.
- Extract from "Newspaper Cuttings relating to Sussex," (Sussex Archaeological Collections, 1872, pp. 140, 141.) p. 1871, Smuggling & Smugglers in Sussex. […], Brighton, East Sussex: W. J. Smith, […], →OCLC, page 263:
- H.P. Lovecraft, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Moved by some vague presentiment amidst the horrors of that period, Willett arranged with an international press-cutting bureau for accounts of notable current crimes and accidents in Prague and in eastern Transylvania; and after six months believed that he had found two very significant things amongst the multifarious items he received and had translated.
- Mrs. Seal wandered about with newspaper cuttings, which seemed to her either "quite splendid" or "really too bad for words." She used to paste these into books, or send them to her friends, having first drawn a broad bar in blue pencil down the margin, a proceeding which signified equally and indistinguishably the depths of her reprobation or the heights of her approval. 1919 October 20, Virginia Woolf, chapter VI, in Night and Day, London: Duckworth and Company […], →OCLC, page 81:
- The Witness. [After a farther inspection of the newspaper cutting.] No; it is not in that part about Weber, but here [indicating another newspaper cutting] is the agreement that Mr. Wilder was testifying about, and that has Weber's name. 1878 July 13, Henry C. Fisk (witness), “Eleventh Day”, in Presidential Election Investigation: Testimony Taken by the Select Committee on Alleged Frauds in the Presidential Election of 1876 (45th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives Mis. Doc.; 31, part 3), volume III (Testimony Relating to Louisiana), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1879, →OCLC, page 252:
(countable) A section removed from a larger whole. ▸ A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
- All the Sorts of Vines are propagated either from Layers or Cuttings, the former of which is greatly practis'd in England, but the latter is what I would recommend, as being much preferable to the other. [...] I had rather plant a good Cutting than a rooted Plant, provided it be well choſen, and there is leſs Danger of its not growing. 1733, Philip Miller, “VITIS”, in The Gardeners Dictionary: […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, column 1:
- The method of propagating the Box is perfectly easy: it may be raised from cuttings, or from seed, or by layering. [...] For planting the cuttings, [Thomas] Hanbury says the month of August is the best time, if any rain falls. 1803, [William] Marshall, “Buxus”, in On Planting and Rural Ornament. A Practical Treatise, … In Two Volumes, 3rd edition, volume II, London: […] G[eorge] and W. Nicol, […]; G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […]; and T[homas] Cadell and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, page 47:
- Allison carried it all home, and then spent a long time that evening out on the back porch, wrapping up Ida's collection of rooted cuttings, each snuff tin and plastic cup in its own carefully fashioned sleeve of wet newspaper. 2002, Donna Tartt, “Chapter 6”, in The Little Friend, page 396:
- To propagate by cuttings, is to cut off the branch or ſtem of a Plant, and to ſet it in the Earth without Roots. Strip it of leaves and branches, Plant deeper than theſe with Roots, and in a rich and moiſt ſoil, keeping it watered and ſhaded, Untill Rooted; cut off their Tops ſave Greens, as if your cutting be 12 Inches long, let 9 be under, and 3 above ground. 1683, John Reid, “Of the Several Wayes of Propagation”, in The Scots Gard’ner: […], Edinburgh: […] David Lindsay, […], →OCLC, 2nd part (Treating of the Culture of Plants), paragraph 5, page 59:
(countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
(UK, countable) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines. 1944 November and December, “Increasing G.W.R. Line Capacity”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
- We flash across the level. / We thunder thro' the bridges. / We bicker down the cuttings. / We sway along the ridges. 1876, William Ernest Henley, “[Poem] XXI”, in A Book of Verses, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: Scribner & Welford, published 1891, →OCLC, page 77:
- [T]he railway, however, will require a farther outlay to render it complete, though the locomotive engine has passed over every foot of ground from Liverpool to Salford. The slopes of the cuttings want dressing, and several of them want protecting with foot walls. 1832, “Documents in Relation to the Comparative Merits of Canals and Railroads, Submitted by Mr. Howard, of Maryland, […]. (Doc. No. 101) [No. 7. Observations upon the Cost of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.]”, in Executive Documents, Printed by Order of the House of Representatives, at the First Session of the Twenty-second Congress, […] In Seven Volumes, volume III, Washington, D.C.: […] Duff Green, →OCLC, page 211:
- On the descent the line is often in cuttings; some are high, such as at Scarcroft, where a cut through firestone and fireclay was necessary, and near Bardsey, where the line threads a deep tree-lined gorge. 1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 101:
(qualifier:sound engineering, uncountable) The editing of film or other recordings.
(uncountable) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- Metal-cutting tools often have two cutting edges, both of which are angled to the direction of cutting, and in round-nosed tools the inclination continuously varies [...]. 2009, Tony Atkins, “Slice–Push Ratio: Oblique Cutting and Curved Blades, Scissors, Guillotining and Drilling”, in The Science and Engineering of Cutting: The Mechanics and Processes of Separating, Scratching and Puncturing Biomaterials, Metals and Non-metals, Oxford, Oxfordshire; Amsterdam: Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, section 5.1 (Introduction), page 111:
- Boring, drilling, milling, and turning are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.
(uncountable) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
- Cutting has become one of the most popular forms of self-injury, but there are others at well, and each is just as dangerous as cutting. The information here might help you recognize the signs of self-injury in others. 2014, Greg Roza, “What is Self-injury?”, in Cutting and Self-injury (Teen Mental Health), New York, N.Y.: Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 7:

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cuttings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (96)

fi leikkaaminen (action of the verb to cut) · el απόκομμα (newspaper clipping) · cs zářez (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road) · fi pistokas (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · es recortadura (action of the verb to cut) · el όρυγμα (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road) · ru закро́йка (action of the verb to cut) · fi leikkaaminen (editing of film or other recordings) · pt corte (section removed from a larger whole) · es esqueje (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · bg сечене (action of the verb to cut) · ml കഷണം (section removed from a larger whole) · es corte (action of the verb to cut) · sw ukataji (action of the verb to cut) · da stikling (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · pl przecięcie (action of the verb to cut) · sv urklipp (newspaper clipping) · sv klippning (editing of film or other recordings) · ro decupare (action of the verb to cut) · pt corte (editing of film or other recordings) · de Schneiden (action of the verb to cut) · ru вы́резка (newspaper clipping) · pl montaż (editing of film or other recordings) · bg изрезка (newspaper clipping) · gl estaca (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · ca esqueix (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · nl knipsel (newspaper clipping) · bg рязане (action of the verb to cut) · fi leikkaus (action of the verb to cut) · pt recorte (newspaper clipping) · sv skärning (action of the verb to cut) · fi leikkaaminen (act of cutting one's own skin) · sh rezanje (act of cutting one's own skin) · ro tăiere (action of the verb to cut) · sh prosjeka (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road) · es cortamiento (action of the verb to cut) · cs řízek (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · he חיתוך (action of the verb to cut) · sv pressklipp (newspaper clipping) · fi leikkaus (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road) · sv stickling (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · sh sažetak (abridged selection of written work) · da beskæring (action of the verb to cut) · ru нареза́ние (action of the verb to cut) · ru ре́зка (action of the verb to cut) · fi leike (section removed from a larger whole) · ru ру́бка (action of the verb to cut) · sv avsnitt (section removed from a larger whole) · fr coupure (newspaper clipping) · el κόψιμο (action of the verb to cut) · es recorte (action of the verb to cut) · fi katkelma (abridged selection of written work) · nl stek (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · de Steckling (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · la virgulta (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · ml മുറി (section removed from a larger whole) · twf tę̀ʼéne (action of the verb to cut) · pl sadzonka (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · ca estaca (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · he מִבְתָּר (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road) · bg изрезка (section removed from a larger whole) · pt estaca (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · da udklip (newspaper clipping) · bg монта́ж (editing of film or other recordings) · ru выемка (open passage dug for a canal, railway, or road) · ru ре́зание (action of the verb to cut) · pl odnóżka (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · ga gearrthóireacht (action of the verb to cut) · ru вы́держка (newspaper clipping) · de Ableger (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · ml മുറിക്കൽ (action of the verb to cut) · ru монта́ж (editing of film or other recordings) · ru вы́резка (section removed from a larger whole) · sh odrezak (section removed from a larger whole) · tr kesim (action of the verb to cut) · el ξεμασκαλίδι (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · sh reznica (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · no skjæring (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · sv urval (abridged selection of written work) · sh rezanje (action of the verb to cut) · ru черено́к (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · bg порязване (act of cutting one's own skin) · fr bouture (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · pl cięcie (action of the verb to cut) · fi leike (newspaper clipping) · pl wycinek (newspaper clipping) · it decoupage (editing of film or other recordings) · it talea (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · de Senkreis (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · sh montaža (editing of film or other recordings) · hu dugvány (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · fr montage (editing of film or other recordings) · fr découpage (action of the verb to cut) · gl escallo (leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant) · sh izrezak (newspaper clipping) · pt corte (action of the verb to cut)

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cutting en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(General-American) audio

Etymology

From cut + -ing.

Meanings

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of cut
form of cut

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