cutting

Definitions

1. noun

   The action of the verb to cut.

   Examples

   • How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
   • Ye ſhall not make any cuttings in your fleſh for the dead, nor print any markes vpon you: I am the Lord.
2. noun

   A section removed from a larger whole.

   Examples

   • He kept a cutting of fabric to match the color.
   • The tailor saved every cutting for future repairs.
   ≈chip≈slice≈bit≈chip≈chunk +20 more
3. noun

   A newspaper clipping.

   Examples

   • Extract from "Newspaper Cuttings relating to Sussex," (Sussex Archaeological Collections, 1872, pp. 140, 141.)
   • The Witness. [After a farther inspection of the newspaper cutting.] No; it is not in that part about Weber, but here [indicating another newspaper cutting] is the agreement that Mr. Wilder was testifying about, and that has Weber's name.
   ≈chip≈slice≈bit≈chip≈chunk +20 more
4. noun

   A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.

   Examples

   • The method of propagating the Box is perfectly easy: it may be raised from cuttings, or from seed, or by layering. [...] For planting the cuttings, [Thomas] Hanbury says the month of August is the best time, if any rain falls.
   • Allison carried it all home, and then spent a long time that evening out on the back porch, wrapping up Ida's collection of rooted cuttings, each snuff tin and plastic cup in its own carefully fashioned sleeve of wet newspaper.
   ≈chip≈slice≈bit≈chip≈chunk +20 more
5. noun

   An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.

   Examples

   • The actress prepared a cutting from the play for her audition.
   • He performed a short cutting from the novel.
6. noun

   An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.

   Examples

   • We flash across the level. / We thunder thro' the bridges. / We bicker down the cuttings. / We sway along the ridges.
   • No borrow pit excavation was necessary, and 41,000 cu. yd. were removed from cuttings by excavating machines.
   ≈cut≠embankment
7. noun

   The editing of film or other recordings.

   Examples

   • The director oversaw the cutting of the final scene.
   • Hours of footage were reduced through careful cutting.
8. noun

   The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.

   Examples

   • Boring, drilling, milling, and turning are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.
   • Metal-cutting tools often have two cutting edges, both of which are angled to the direction of cutting, and in round-nosed tools the inclination continuously varies [...].
9. noun

   The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.

   Examples

   • She sought counseling to stop the cutting.
   • The therapist helped him understand the causes behind his cutting.
10. adjective

    That is used for cutting.

    Examples

    • I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
    • The power consumed in metal cutting is largely converted into heat near the cutting edge of the tool, and many of the economic and technical problems of machining are caused directly or indirectly by this heating action.