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   cutting

   /ˈkʌtɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. the action of cutting something: "the cutting of the cake"
   • 2. a piece cut off from something, especially what remains when something is being trimmed or prepared: "grass cuttings" Similar piecebitfragmentparttrimming
   • ▪ an article or other piece cut from a newspaper or periodical: British "an archive of newspaper cuttings" Similar clippingclipsnippetextractexcerptarticlepiecepassagecolumnparagraph
   • ▪ a piece cut from a plant for propagation: "take cuttings of Christmas cactus and pot them on" Similar scionslipgraft
   • 3. an open passage excavated through higher ground for a railway, road, or canal: British "they found the cutting and scrambled down the slope"

   adjective

   • 1. capable of cutting something: "the cutting blades of the hedge trimmer"
   • ▪ (of a comment) causing emotional pain; hurtful: "a cutting remark" Similar hurtfulwoundingbarbedpointedscathingacerbicmordanttrenchantcausticacidabrasivesarcasticsardonicsnidespitefulmaliciousmeannastycruelunkindviciousvenomouspoisonousvitriolicacerbinformal:bitchycattysarkysnarkyrare:acidulousmordacioussquint-eyedOpposite friendlypleasant
   • ▪ (of the wind) bitterly cold: "cutting winter winds" Similar icybitterly coldicy-coldfreezingarcticSiberianglacialbitterchillingchillybitingpiercingpenetratingrawkeensharpstingingharshinformal:Balticliterary:chillrare:gelidOpposite warmbalmy

   Derivatives

   • 1. cuttingly adverb

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