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| 1. | [ noun ] (film) the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film | |
| Synonyms: | film_editing | |
| Related terms: | creating_by_removal cut | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of cutting something into parts | |
| Synonyms: | cut | |
| Examples: | "his cuts were skillful" "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" |
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| Related terms: | division dissection severance slicing scission undercut cut | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (botany) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting | |
| Synonyms: | slip | |
| Related terms: | stalk quickset | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge | |
| Synonyms: | cut | |
| Examples: | "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" |
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| Related terms: | opening notch slash incision cut | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (cards) the division of a deck of cards before dealing | |
| Synonyms: | cut | |
| Examples: | "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal" "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" |
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| Related terms: | division card_game | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the act of diluting something | |
| Synonyms: | thinning | |
| Examples: | "the cutting of whiskey with water" "the thinning of paint with turpentine" |
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| Related terms: | dilution dilute | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (fine art,writing) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine | |
| Synonyms: | press_clipping newspaper_clipping press_cutting clipping | |
| Examples: | "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" |
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| Related terms: | excerpt | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a piece cut off from the main part of something | |
| Related terms: | part pruning | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | |
| Synonyms: | knifelike piercing stabbing keen | |
| Examples: | "a cutting wind" "keen winds" "knifelike cold" "piercing knifelike pains" "piercing cold" "piercing criticism" "a stabbing pain" "lancinating pain" |
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| Related terms: | sharp | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] suitable for cutting or severing | |
| Examples: | "a cutting tool" "the cutting edge" |
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| Related terms: | sharp | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character | |
| Synonyms: | stinging edged | |
| Examples: | "cutting remarks" "edged satire" "a stinging comment" |
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| Related terms: | unkind | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] unpleasantly cold and damp | |
| Synonyms: | raw bleak | |
| Examples: | "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" |
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| Related terms: | cold | |
| 13. | [ noun ] cutting away parts to create a desired shape | |
| Synonyms: | carving | |
| Related terms: | creating_by_removal truncation cut | |
| 14. | [ adjective ] as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument | |
| Synonyms: | knifelike lancinate lancinating piercing stabbing keen | |
| Examples: | "a cutting wind" "keen winds" "knifelike cold" "piercing knifelike pains" "piercing cold" "piercing criticism" "a stabbing pain" "lancinating pain" |
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| Related terms: | sharp | |
| 15. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8070 | |
| 16. | [ noun ] the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends | |
| Synonyms: | cutting_off cut | |
| Examples: | "the barber gave him a good cut" |
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| Related terms: | shortening trim clip shearing haircut cut | |
| Similar spelling: |
cuttingly cuteness cutaneous Cottingham |
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