Definitions for cutting

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Spelling: [kuht-ing]

IPA: /ˈkʌt ɪŋ/

Cutting is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in cutting (cginttu).

Definitions for cutting

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that cuts.
2. something cut, cut off, or cut out.
3. Horticulture. a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant and used for propagation.
4. something made by cutting, as a recording.
5. a form of repetitive self-injury in which a person deliberately cuts the skin, as to cope with stress or negative emotions.
6. Chiefly British. a clipping from a newspaper, magazine, etc.
7. British. a trenchlike excavation, especially through a hill, as one made in constructing a highway.
8. the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
9. the result of cutting, as an incision, wound, passage, or channel.
10. a piece cut off:
11. Informal. a share, especially of earnings or profits:
12. a haircut, often with a styling.
13. a reduction in price, salary, etc.
14. the manner or fashion in which anything is cut:
15. style; manner; kind:
16. a passage or course straight across or through:
17. an excision or omission of a part.
18. a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted.
19. a quantity cut, especially of lumber.
20. a refusal to recognize an acquaintance.
21. an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings.
22. an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing.
23. a printed picture or illustration.
24. an absence, as from a school class, at which attendance is required.
25. Butchering. part of an animal usually cut as one piece.
26. Cards. a cutting of the cards.
27. Sports. the act of cutting a ball. the spin imparted.
28. Fencing. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip.
29. one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots.
30. Movies, Television. the instantaneous or gradual transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film. an edited version of a film. Compare rough cut, final cut. an act or instance of editing a film.
31. an individual song, musical piece, or other similar material on a record or tape.
32. any product of the fractional distillation of petroleum.

Idioms

1. a cut above, somewhat superior to another (thing, person, etc.) in some respect:
2. cut a caper / figure, to perform a spirited, brief, outlandish dance step, especially as a result of euphoria.
3. cut a figure, cut a caper. to give a certain impression of oneself:
4. cut and run, Nautical. to cut the anchor cable and set sail, as in an emergency. to leave as hurriedly as possible; flee.
5. cut back, to shorten by cutting off the end. to curtail or discontinue: to return to an earlier episode or event, as in the plot of a novel. Football. to reverse direction suddenly by moving in the diagonally opposite course.
6. cut both ways, to have, produce, or result in advantages as well as disadvantages:
7. cut / chop down to size, to reduce the stature or importance of:
8. cut it, Informal. to achieve or maintain a desired level of performance: to be effective or successful; satisfy a need.
9. cut it out, Informal. to stop doing something:
10. cut no ice. ice (def 25).
11. cut out for, fitted for; capable of:

adjective

1. able to cut or slice:
2. piercing, as a wind.
3. wounding the feelings severely; sarcastic.
4. that has been subjected to cutting; divided into pieces by cutting; detached by cutting:
5. fashioned by cutting; having the surface shaped or ornamented by grinding, polishing, or the like:
6. reduced by or as if by cutting:
7. Botany. incised; cleft.
8. castrated; gelded.
9. Slang. drunk.

Verb phrases

1. cut across, to precede or go beyond considerations of; transcend:
2. cut down, Also, cut down on. to lessen; decrease: to strike and cause to fall: to destroy, kill, or disable: to remodel, remake, or reduce in size, as a garment:
3. cut in, to move or thrust oneself, a vehicle, etc., abruptly between others: to interpose; interrupt: Informal. to interrupt a dancing couple in order to dance with one of them. to blend (shortening) into flour by means of a knife.
4. cut off, to intercept. to interrupt. to stop suddenly; discontinue. to halt the operation of; turn off. to shut off or shut out. to disinherit. to sever; separate.
5. cut out, to omit; delete; excise. to oust and replace a rival; supplant. to part an animal from a herd. to plan; arrange: to move out of one's lane of traffic. Also, cut on out. Slang. to leave suddenly. Informal. to refrain from; stop: (of an engine, machine, etc.) to stop running.
6. cut up, to cut into pieces or sections. to lacerate; wound. to distress mentally; injure. Informal. to play pranks; misbehave:

verb (used with object)

1. to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object:
2. to divide with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever; carve:
3. to detach with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; separate from the main body; lop off:
4. to hew or saw down; fell:
5. to trim by clipping, shearing, paring, or pruning:
6. to mow; reap; harvest:
7. to abridge or shorten; edit by omitting a part or parts:
8. to repeatedly inflict injury on (oneself) by deliberately cutting the skin, as to cope with stress or negative emotions:
9. to lower, reduce, diminish, or curtail (sometimes followed by down):
10. to dilute; make less thick:
11. to dissolve:
12. to intersect; cross:
13. Informal. to cease; discontinue (often followed by out):
14. to stop; halt the running of, as a liquid or an engine (often followed by off):
15. to dilute or adulterate (a drug) by mixing it with other substances.
16. to grow (a tooth or teeth) through the gum:
17. to type, write, or draw on (a stencil) for mimeographing.
18. to make or fashion by cutting, as a statue, jewel, or garment.
19. Glassmaking. to produce a pattern (in glass) by grinding and polishing.
20. to refuse to recognize socially; shun ostentatiously:
21. to strike sharply, as with a whip.
22. to absent oneself from:
23. Movies, Television. to stop (a scene or shot being filmed). to edit (a film).
24. Computers. to remove (selected text, images, etc.) from a file to store in temporary memory until pasted elsewhere. Compare copy (def 15), paste (def 13).
25. to wound the feelings of severely.
26. Cards. to divide (a pack of cards) at random into two or more parts, by removing cards from the top. to take (a card) from a deck.
27. to record a selection on (a phonograph record or tape); make a recording of.
28. to castrate or geld.
29. Sports. to hit (a ball) with either the hand or some instrument so as to change its course and often to cause it to spin.
30. to hollow out; excavate; dig:
31. Cricket. to strike and send off (a ball) in front of the batsman, and parallel to the wicket.
32. Slang. to be a nonplaying dealer, manager, or supervisor of (a card game, crap game, or other gambling game) in return for a percentage of the money bet or sometimes for a fee.

verb (used without object)

1. to penetrate or divide something, as with a sharp-edged instrument; make an incision:
2. to admit of being cut:
3. to repeatedly inflict self-injury by deliberately cutting the skin.
4. to pass, go, or come, especially in the most direct way (usually followed by across, through, in, etc.):
5. Movies, Television. to shift suddenly from one shot to another: to stop the action of a scene: used as a command by a director.
6. to make a sudden or sharp turn in direction; change direction suddenly; swerve:
7. to strike a person, animal, etc., sharply, as with a whip.
8. to wound the feelings severely:
9. (of the teeth) to grow through the gums.
10. Computers. to remove selected text, images, etc., from a file for storage in temporary memory until pasted elsewhere. Compare copy (def 17), paste (def 14).
11. Cards. to cut the cards.
12. Informal. to leave hastily:
13. (of a horse) to interfere.

Origin of cutting

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at cut, -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for cutting

"I must find my friend," he said, cutting the garrulous man short.

The boy on Lucretia is jabbing her with the spurs, and she's cutting up.

Diablo was cutting down the lead the other two held over him, galloping like a demon.

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.

This bungalow has two levels, a screening room, a dining room, many offices, an art department, and cutting rooms.

Lay the butterflied pork loin on the cutting board with the fat cap facing down.

Unfortunately, that means suppressing fire or cutting down all the pretty uninfected trees can cause mistletoe outbreaks.

Instead of just cutting out whole food groups, Bacon says people should pay attention to how food makes them feel.

He had hung up his buck at the camp and was cutting strips from it for his supper.

"You'd better," he said, with quiet decision, cutting short my hesitation.