cutting
noun
[ ˈkʌtɪŋ ]
• the action of cutting something.
• "the cutting of the cake"
• a piece cut off from something, especially what remains when something is being trimmed or prepared.
• "grass cuttings"
• an open passage excavated through higher ground for a railway, road, or canal.
• "they found the cutting and scrambled down the slope"
cutting
adjective
• capable of cutting something.
• "the cutting blades of the hedge trimmer"
cut
verb
• make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.
• "he cut his toe on a sharp stone"
Similar:
gash,
slash,
lacerate,
slit,
pierce,
penetrate,
wound,
injure,
scratch,
graze,
nick,
snick,
notch,
incise,
score,
lance,
• divide into pieces with a knife or other sharp implement.
• "cut the beef into thin slices"
• make or form (something) by using a sharp tool to remove material.
• "workmen cut a hole in the pipe"
• trim or reduce the length of (grass, hair, etc.) by using a sharp implement.
• "Ted was cutting the lawn"
Similar:
trim,
snip,
clip,
crop,
bob,
barber,
shear,
shave,
pare,
prune,
pollard,
poll,
lop,
dock,
mow,
• reduce the size, amount, or quantity of.
• "buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want"
Similar:
reduce,
cut back/down on,
decrease,
lessen,
retrench,
diminish,
trim,
prune,
slim down,
ease up on,
rationalize,
downsize,
slenderize,
economize on,
mark down,
discount,
lower,
slash,
axe,
• end or interrupt the provision of (a supply).
• "we resolved to cut oil supplies to territories controlled by the rebels"
• (of a line) cross or intersect (another line).
• "mark the point where the line cuts the vertical axis"
• stop filming or recording.
• "‘Cut’ shouted a voice, followed by ‘Could we do it again, please?’"
• mix (an illegal drug) with another substance.
• "dealers cut the drugs to stretch their supply"
• strike or kick (a ball) with an abrupt, typically downward motion.
• "Cook cut the ball back to him"
• divide a pack of playing cards by lifting a portion from the top, either to reveal a card at random or to place the top portion under the bottom portion.
• "let's cut for dealer"
• ignore or refuse to recognize (someone).
• "they cut her in public"
Similar:
snub,
ignore,
shun,
give someone the cold shoulder,
cold-shoulder,
turn one's back on,
cut dead,
look right through,
pretend not to see,
rebuff,
spurn,
ostracize,
send to Coventry,
give someone the brush-off,
freeze out,
stiff-arm,
give someone the bum's rush,
give someone the brush,
snout,
give someone the go-by,
Origin:
Middle English (probably existing, although not recorded, in Old English); probably of Germanic origin and related to Norwegian kutte and Icelandic kuta ‘cut with a small knife’, kuti ‘small blunt knife’.
