English Explanatory Dictionary

cutting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The action of the verb to cut.
  2. A section removed from a larger whole.
  3. A newspaper clipping.
  4. A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
  5. An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
  6. An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
  7. The editing of film or other recordings.
  8. The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
  9. The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
adj
  1. That is used for cutting.
  2. Piercing, sharp.
  3. Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful; curt.
  4. Of a beverage: half-sized.
  5. Cutthroat; ruthlessly competitive.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of cut
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/ en-us-cutting.ogg

Word forms

cutting cuttings

Etymology

From cut + -ing.

Synonyms

chip slice bit chunk clip crumb crumbling cutting flake fleak fragment hunk lump mammock ort piece piecemeal portion scrap scraplet snead snippet steck cut

Antonyms

embankment

Derived words

clearcutting cord-cutting cost cutting cost-cutting cutting torch darkcutting die cutting downcutting fair-cake cutting genital cutting glasscutting grasscutting haircutting heartcutting melon cutting papercutting paper cutting press cutting price-cutting punchcutting ribbon cutting rug-cutting stonecutting umbilical cord cutting wirecutting woodcutting overcutting cuttingly cuttingness noncutting

Translations

Bulgarian: изрезка Finnish: leike Malayalam: മുറി Malayalam: കഷണം Portuguese: corte Russian: вы́резка Serbo-Croatian: odrezak Swedish: avsnitt
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