cutting in English

adjective

1

capable of cutting something.

the cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

noun

1

the action of someone or something that cuts.

the cutting of the cake

2

a piece cut off from something, especially what remains when something is being trimmed or prepared.

grass cuttings

synonyms: piece, bit, fragment, trimming

3

an open passage excavated through higher ground for a railroad, road, or canal.

These beautiful fish have been found in railway cuttings , brick pits and building sites across Sydney, particularly back in the days when excavations were done mostly by hand.

verb

1

make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

he cut his big toe on a sharp stone

synonyms: gash, slash, lacerate, sever, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure, scratch, graze, nick, incise, score, lance

2

remove (something) from something larger by using a sharp implement.

I cut his photograph out of the paper

synonyms: trim, snip, clip, crop, barber, shear, shave, pare, prune, lop, dock, mow, pick, pluck, gather, cull

3

divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement.

cut the beef into thin slices

synonyms: chop, cut up, slice, dice, cube, mince, carve, hash

4

make or form (something) by using a sharp tool to remove material.

workmen cut a hole in the pipe

5

trim or reduce the length of (something, especially grass or a person's hair or fingernails) by using a sharp implement.

cutting the lawn

6

reduce the amount or quantity of.

buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want

synonyms: reduce, cut back/down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, slim down, rationalize, downsize, lower, slash, chop

7

(of a line) cross or intersect (another line).

the point where the line cuts the vertical axis

synonyms: cross, intersect, bisect, meet, join

8

ignore or refuse to recognize (someone).

He simply walked on by, cutting me as dead as a doornail, and shot into his house.

9

stop filming or recording.

Jon will say his line and we'll cut there. You ready? Let's get in position.

10

make (a sound recording).

Many singers and music directors are being roped in to cut the albums for political parties and potential candidates.

11

divide (a pack of playing cards) by lifting a portion from the top, either to reveal or draw a card at random or to place the top portion under the bottom portion.

The pack is shuffled and cut and 16 cards each are dealt singly as before.

12

slice (the ball).

Under pressure I never hook. I am more prone to cut the ball, if anything.

13

adulterate (a drug) or dilute (alcohol) by mixing it with another substance.

speed cut with rat poison

14

come up to expectations; meet requirements.

this CD player doesn't quite cut it

adjective

hurtful, wounding, barbed, pointed, scathing, acerbic, mordant, caustic, acid, sarcastic, sardonic, snide, spiteful, malicious, mean, nasty, cruel, unkind, bitchy, catty
icy, icy-cold, freezing, arctic, Siberian, glacial, hypothermic, bitter, chilling, chilly, chill, biting, piercing, penetrating, raw, keen, sharp
raw, bleak
edged, stinging
lancinating, stabbing, knifelike, keen, piercing

noun

scion, piece, press cutting, slip, cut, carving, thinning, film editing
scion, slip, graft
piece, bit, fragment, trimming
press cutting, press clipping, newspaper clipping, clipping
slip
cut, cutting off
cut
carving
thinning
film editing

verb

gash, chop, trim, pick, carve, reduce, shorten, delete, discontinue, cross, skip, turn out, ignore, make out, hack, trend, burn, geld, cut off, edit, prune, tailor
gash, slash, lacerate, sever, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure, scratch, graze, nick, incise, score, lance
chop, cut up, slice, dice, cube, mince, carve, hash
trim, snip, clip, crop, barber, shear, shave, pare, prune, lop, dock, mow
pick, pluck, gather, cull
carve, engrave, incise, etch, score, chisel, whittle
reduce, cut back/down on, decrease, lessen, retrench, trim, slim down, rationalize, downsize, lower, slash, chop
shorten, abridge, condense, abbreviate, truncate, edit, bowdlerize, expurgate
delete, remove, take out, excise, blue-pencil, chop
discontinue, break off, suspend, interrupt, stop, end, put an end to
cross, intersect, bisect, meet, join
skip, miss, play truant from, ditch, play hooky from
reduce, shorten, contract, abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten
reduce, bring down, cut back, trim back, cut down, trim down, trim
reduce, thin out, dilute, thin
turn out, turn off, switch off
ignore, disregard, snub
make out, issue, write out
hack
trend, slew, sheer, slue, veer, swerve, curve
burn
geld
cut off
edit, edit out
prune, rationalize
skip
tailor

Use "cutting" in a sentence

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4. Glass Cutting Boards Bamboo Cutting Boards

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7. Cutting methane is actually cheaper than cutting carbon.

8. - cutting (excluding filleting and cutting up frozen blocks),

9. 6 Cutting concrete would blunt a metal-cutting tool.

10. Metal single layer abrasive cutting tool having a contoured cutting surface

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12. Pipe cutting machine

13. Laser cutting machines

14. "What is cutting?

15. No cutting it.

16. "Yeah, clear cutting."

17. Established in 2001, Chinup specializes in manufacturing of Die Cutting Mahcine, Cutting Presses, Automated Cutting Systems and Card Processing Machinery

18. 22 synonyms for Curtailment: cutting, reduction, docking, lessening, cutback, cutting short

19. Cabochon cutting or cabbing is the most popular form of gem cutting

20. Cutting to clipboard

21. Oxy-cutting torch

22. Cutting, polishing (abrasion)

23. Cutting Boards Cutting Boards provide the ideal surface for cutting fruits, vegetables, meat and lots more without damaging kitchen counters and tabletops

24. Plastic cutting and grinding machines, and abrasive/cutting wheels [grindstones] for those machines

25. Adige-SYS SpA: Manufactures 'mixed' cutting laser-cutting systems for pipes and sheet metal, plants for laser machining large pipes and lines for cutting and end cutting of tubes and bars

26. Indexable double-negative cutting insert having protruding side abutment surfaces and cutting tool

27. Paper cutting machines, and rotating abrasive/cutting wheels [grindstones] used for those machines

28. Stone cutting and grinding machines, and abrasive/cutting wheels [grindstones] for those machines

29. Cutting, water jet cutting, cutting-off, laser welding, bending and plating of aluminum, stainless steel and metal plates, coils, tubes, beams and profiles

30. Abrasive jet stream cutting

31. Cutting pliers (combination pliers)

32. Cutting pliers [linemans' pliers]

33. Abrasive cutting-off wheel

34. All-purpose cutters, namely electric cutting apparatus and cutting machines for household use

35. Glass cutting and grinding machines, and rotating abrasive/cutting wheels [grindstones] for those machines

36. Today, cutting wheels and electric grinders make possible the cutting of very intricate shapes.

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38. He's been cutting corners.

39. Carriage for cutting torch

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41. It is Cutting-edge.

42. Electric arc cutting apparatus

43. Abrasive cleaning or cutting

44. Compressible Filler Boards for expansion joints Compressible Debonding Strips with paper back for hot and cold pour sealants Foam rods for sealants Concrete Cutting Blades / Grove Cutting Blades / Diamond Blades Concrete Cutting Machines, Asphalt Cutting Machine And Kerb Cutting Machines Sealant Dispensing Machines

45. Machines for cutting paper

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47. A cutting platform of the X-Y cutter has a tacky adhesive that releaseably secures a work piece to the cutting platform during cutting operations.

48. - cutting (excluding filleting or cutting of frozen blocks or splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks),

49. Cutting tools,Especially drills, Routers, Reamers, Saws, Grinding wheels,Thread cutting plates, screw stock, Rasps

50. cutting (excluding filleting or cutting of frozen blocks, or splitting of frozen interleaved fillet blocks),