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CUTTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
Example:
the barber gave him a good cut
Synonyms:
cut; cutting; cutting off
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
shortening (act of decreasing in length)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting"):
clip; clipping; snip (the act of clipping or snipping)
haircut (the act of cutting the hair)
clipping; trim; trimming (cutting down to the desired size or shape)
shearing (removing by cutting off or clipping)
Derivation:
cut (form or shape by cutting or incising)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of diluting something
Example:
the thinning of paint with turpentine
Synonyms:
cutting; thinning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
dilution (weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner)
Derivation:
cut (lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of cutting something into parts
Example:
his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
division (the act or process of dividing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting"):
undercut (a cut made underneath to remove material)
slicing (the act of cutting into slices)
scission (the act of dividing by cutting or splitting)
dissection (cutting so as to separate into pieces)
severance; severing (the act of severing)
Derivation:
cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)
cut (make an incision or separation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
Example:
his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
opening (becoming open or being made open)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting"):
nick; notch; snick (a small cut)
gash; slash (a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument)
incision; section; surgical incision (the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation))
Derivation:
cut (make an incision or separation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The division of a deck of cards before dealing
Example:
the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
division (the act or process of dividing)
Holonyms ("cutting" is a part of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Derivation:
cut (divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
Synonyms:
carving; cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
creating by removal (the act of creating by removing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting"):
petroglyph (a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people))
truncation (the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces))
Derivation:
cut (form or shape by cutting or incising)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
Synonyms:
cutting; film editing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
creating by removal (the act of creating by removing something)
Derivation:
cut (cut and assemble the components of)
cut (make an abrupt change of image or sound)
Sense 8
Meaning:
An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
Example:
he searched through piles of letters and clippings
Synonyms:
clipping; cutting; newspaper clipping; press clipping; press cutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A piece cut off from the main part of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
part; piece (a portion of a natural object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting"):
pruning (something that has been pruned off of a plant)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Synonyms:
cutting; slip
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting"):
quickset (cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Example:
lancinating pain
Synonyms:
cutting; keen; knifelike; lancinate; lancinating; piercing; stabbing
Classified under:
Similar:
sharp (keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unpleasantly cold and damp
Example:
bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
Example:
a stinging comment
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unkind (lacking kindness)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb cut
Context examples:
The team uses cutting edge genetic techniques to help diagnose children around the world who have disorders that are difficult to characterize.
(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)
Surgical cutting or removal of bone.
(Osteotomy, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of operation using the cutting powers of laser beams from various sources.
(Laser surgery, NCI Thesaurus)
A long, hollow needle with a tapered cutting edge on one end and a handle with a place to attach a syringe on the other end.
(Jamshidi needle, NCI Dictionary)
A map of the locations of identifiable landmarks on DNA (for example, restriction enzyme cutting site, genes), regardless of inheritance.
(Physical Map of the Human Genome, NCI Thesaurus)
For the rest, I know a little of the making of covers, the cutting of precious stones, and the fashioning of instruments.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You and those like you have been preaching peace for nigh two thousand years, and cutting throats the whole time.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A medical procedure that invades (enters) the body, usually by cutting or puncturing the skin or by inserting instruments into the body.
(Invasive procedure, NCI Dictionary)
One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw designed for cutting or gnawing.
(Incisor, NCI Thesaurus)
A process that forms a solid dosage unit by continuously cutting a uniform material into equally sized segments.
(Die Cutting Formulation Process, NCI Thesaurus)
