Dictionary entry details
• CUTTING (noun)
Meaning:
The activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cutting; film editing
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
creating by removal (the act of creating by removing something)
Meaning:
A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cutting; slip
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)
Meaning:
The act of cutting something into parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cutting; cut
Context examples:
his cuts were skillful / his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
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)
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)
Meaning:
An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
press cutting; press clipping; newspaper clipping; clipping; cutting
Context example:
he searched through piles of letters and clippings
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)
Meaning:
Removing parts to create a desired shape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
carving; cutting
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"):
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))
Meaning:
The division of a deck of cards before dealing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cutting; cut
Context examples:
he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal / the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual
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)
Meaning:
The act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cut; cutting
Context example:
his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
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))
Meaning:
The act of diluting something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
thinning; cutting
Context examples:
the cutting of whiskey with water / the thinning of paint with turpentine
Hypernyms ("cutting" is a kind of...):
dilution (weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner)
Meaning:
The act of shortening something by choping off the ends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
cutting off; cutting; cut
Context example:
the barber gave him a good cut
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)
• CUTTING (adjective)
Meaning:
(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
Synonyms:
cutting; edged; stinging
Context examples:
cutting remarks / edged satire / a stinging comment
Similar:
unkind (lacking kindness)
Meaning:
Unpleasantly cold and damp
Synonyms:
cutting; bleak; raw
Context example:
bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Similar:
cold (used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Meaning:
As physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Synonyms:
lancinating; lancinate; stabbing; knifelike; cutting; piercing; keen
Context examples:
a cutting wind / keen winds / knifelike cold / piercing knifelike pains / piercing cold / piercing criticism / a stabbing pain / lancinating pain
Similar:
sharp (keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point)
Meaning:
Suitable for cutting or severing
Context examples:
a cutting tool / the cutting edge
Similar:
sharp (having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing)
