cutting

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The action of the verb to cut.

   • How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
   • Ye ſhall not make any cuttings in your fleſh for the dead, nor print any markes vpon you: I am the Lord.
   • 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.
2. 2

   A section removed from a larger whole.

3. 3

   An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.

   • The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
4. ›+ 11 more definitionsshow fewer

   1. 4

      An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway,…

      An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.

      • We flash across the level. / We thunder thro' the bridges. / We bicker down the cuttings. / We sway along the ridges.
      • No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines.
   2. 5

      The editing of film or other recordings.

   3. 6

      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.
      • 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 [...].
   4. 7

      The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder

      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.
   5. 8

      That is used for cutting.

      • I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
      • 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.
   6. 9

      Piercing, sharp.

      • The weather was atrocious, with bitterly cold wind and cutting sleet—rather appropriate, considering Aunt Fonteyn's temperament.
   7. 10

      Of criticism, remarks, etc.

      Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful; curt.

      • 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.
      • 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; [...]
   8. 11

      Of a beverage

      Of a beverage: half-sized.

      • a cutting chai
   9. 12

      Cutthroat

      Cutthroat; ruthlessly competitive.

      • […] there are always some "free lances" who are ready to do a "cutting" trade, and thus become formidable competitors.
   10. 13

       present participle and gerund of cut

   11. 14

       A surname.

The neighborhood

• neighborcross-cutting