cutting🔊

The action of the verb ''to cut''.

A section removed from a larger whole. +

A newspaper clipping.

(horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

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

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

(sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.

(machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.

(psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.

That is used for cutting.

Piercing, sharp.

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

(India) Of a beverage: half-sized.

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