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Meaning cutting meaning

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Definitions in simple English

cutting Noun

— A cutting is a piece of newspaper or magazine that is cut and saved. — A cutting is a piece of a plant that is cut off, usually to grow a new plant.

cutting Adjective

— If a remark is cutting, it is unkind.

cutting

— noun (= film editing) the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film — noun a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting — noun (= cut) the act of cutting something into parts his cuts were skillful his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess — noun (= thinning) the act of diluting something the cutting of whiskey with water the thinning of paint with turpentine — noun a piece cut off from the main part of something — adjective (= edged, stinging) (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character cutting remarks edged satire a stinging comment — adjective (= keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument a cutting wind keen winds knifelike cold piercing knifelike pains piercing cold piercing criticism a stabbing pain lancinating pain — adjective (= bleak) unpleasantly cold and damp bleak winds of the North Atlantic — noun (= cut) the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends the barber gave him a good cut — noun (= cut) the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels — noun (= cut) the division of a deck of cards before dealing he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual — noun (= carving) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape — noun (= clipping) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine he searched through piles of letters and clippings

Synonyms cutting synonyms

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cutting English » English

cut dividing sharp clipping splitting slip keen cutting off pruning piercing graft trimming reaping felling chopping carving biting shearing section sarcastic mowing incision excavation edged trenchant stinging slice severance scission pungent press cutting press clipping pointed mordant logging incisive digging chop caustic breaking amputation vitriolic thinning tearing styling strident stabbing shrill separation removing

Topics cutting topics

What do people use cutting to talk about?

Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Mock

What words describe something that is said or done to mock someone?

derisive mock (adj) sarcastic cutting satirical burlesque

Work and occupation Agriculture

Plant a field

What words refer to the things that are planted?

seed seedling cutting

States Quality Hot

Cold

What words describe a wind that is cold?

freezing bitter biting cutting raw

Work and occupation Work Worker

Examples cutting examples

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Simple sentences

Tom is in the kitchen, cutting up some vegetables.

Your hair wants cutting.

We explored all possible ways of cutting expenditures.

Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?

The baby is cutting his teeth.

The grass needs cutting.

Chinese food was served in small portions which did not require cutting with a knife or fork.

Cutting a cake into equal pieces is rather difficult.

These scissors are not cutting.

Tom is cutting the bread.

We are cutting the wood.

Thank you for cutting the dead tree in my garden.

She followed me into the kitchen and picked up a knife. She then started cutting vegetables.

If you're not out of the shower in five minutes, I'm cutting the hot water!

Banks are cutting lending to industrial borrowers.

In about the fifth year I decided cutting the grass was something I didn't want to do any more of.

She was right in the middle of cutting cucumbers.

She chided her child for cutting in.

Scissors are meant for cutting but can also be used to stab.

The knife's serrated edge makes it perfect for cutting such things as bread.

Don't worry, cutting your hair doesn't hurt.

We recommend cutting off all further contact with the rebels.

Movie subtitles

So this was the cutting edge of timekeeping technology. Yes, totally correct.

And the other contestants claim that Mr. Christopher took pride in not cutting Duke's hair.

Is Bob Adams cutting you out with Polly Potter?

Well, I made a drawing of the whole place showing the hills. It's a built-up scheme, without cutting down the hill or having it get in the way.

He's been cutting in on my territory and that's all wet with me.

I say, i see they're cutting down the trees in longmeadow.

Why are they cutting down those trees?

It could ruin the place utterly, besides cutting us off from the dukes.

Here's a cutting of the actual case.

Cutting in here ain't the healthiest thing you could do.

We been cutting each other's throats long enough.

Speaking for the board of directors, as well as for myself, if you insist in times like these on cutting the fees. of the board of directors, then we resign.

Well, in times like these, most people are cutting salaries, but in your case, suppose we say. 350?

WE'LL GIVE THEM SHORTER HOURS BY CUTTING THEIR LUNCH HOUR TO 20 MINUTES.

Swell. We been cutting each other's throats long enough.

And across the base of the peninsula, cutting it off from the rest of the island, is a wall.

We'll be hours cutting our way through in a straight line.

Cutting the hanged man down from the gallows, where he swung in the wind.

You were sore because they weren't cutting you in on it.

Your Honor in the last 49 years mobs have lynched 6010 human beings by hanging, burning, cutting, in this proud land of ours.

I can't cut her off without cutting off my chin.

All right, start cutting, Disko.

We ain't cutting loose unless it's going to help you free Manuel.

Operator, you're cutting me off.

It's a little skimpy. Yes it is, but I think by cutting an edge here and there, we could slip through.

Then we'll get hurt too. In order to wake up, cutting off a couple of fingers is a must.

Oh. - And the other contestants claim that Mr. Christopher took pride in not cutting Duke's hair.

It's a built-up scheme, without cutting down the hill or having it get in the way.

I'm cutting out.

PARDON ME. I'M CUTTING IN.

These big executives always begin cutting down the office force.

We'll start by cutting their lunch hour to 20 minutes.

Push back the skin before cutting it.

This will prevent the cord from cutting your wrists.

He's cutting our throat.

News and current affairs

Reducing the deficit by cutting funds for education, infrastructure, and research and development is akin to trying to lose weight by cutting off three fingers.

After cutting down a swath of rainforest, soils are often quickly leached of their nutrients so that they cannot sustain crops or nutritious grasses for livestock.

On the other hand, financial incentives would probably succeed, because cutting down forest to create pastureland is not profitable enough to induce farmers to forego payments for protecting the land.

Cutting speed limits to, say, 10 kilometers per hour would prevent most accidents and save many lives.

In addition to adapting to climate change, the world must also reduce future risks to the planet by cutting back on emissions of greenhouse gases, which are the source of man-made climate change.

The idea is to use global networks of knowledge and action to identify and demonstrate new, cutting-edge approaches to sustainable development around the world.

It is the repository of cutting-edge sustainable technologies, pioneering research and development, world-class management, and leadership in environmental sustainability.

Ronald Reagan gained popularity by cutting social benefits for the poor (claiming that the poor cheated to receive extra payments).

Over the long term, however, US policymakers must make steady progress in restoring confidence in the nation's fiscal health by cutting politically sacred programs like social security, Medicare, and defense.

It signaled that America's new president was less interested in using government to solve society's problems than he was in cutting taxes, mainly for the benefit of the wealthy.

Moreover, 30 years of tax cutting has left the US government without the financial resources needed to carry out effective programs in key areas such as the transition to low-carbon energy.

America and Europe will keep their high living standards only by basing their competitiveness on advanced skills, cutting-edge technologies, and modern infrastructure.

The economic and social consequences of a generation of tax cutting are clear.

Cutting these programs will lower American economic growth in the long term, with negative consequences both at home and abroad.

Clear-cutting of old growth forests in the mountains bordering Pakistan may prove as problematic.

Meanwhile, state governments, seeing revenues fall as a result of lower taxable incomes last year, are cutting back like mad.

Whereas Japan, the US, and Europe are competent at research into what is almost known, the cutting-edge science is more likely to emerge in an economy hungry for resources and infrastructure, such as China.

Republicans argue that the national debt's growth should be limited only by cutting government spending.

Agriculture there has been damaged by the cutting of walnut, apricot, and mulberry trees for winter fuel, and by a failure to replant poplar, willow, and tamarisk - the trees that hold fragile meadows in place.

This tax-cutting frenzy comes, incredibly, after three decades of elite fiscal rule in the US that has favored the rich and powerful.

They want to slash the budget not by ending the useless war in Afghanistan, and by eliminating unnecessary weapons systems, but by cutting education, health, and other benefits for the poor and working class.

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