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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: cutting

1	n adj	the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
2	n	the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
3	n	the act of diluting something
4	adj	unpleasantly cold and damp

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: cutting

n the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge

Synonyms:: cut

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; 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); gastromy
surgical incision into the stomach; perineotomy
surgical incision into the perineum; laparotomy
surgical incision into the abdominal wall; often done to examine abdominal organs; orchotomy
surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count); sclerotomy
surgical incision of the sclerotic coat of the eye; nephrotomy
incision into a kidney (usually to remove a kidney stone); thoracotomy
surgical incision into the chest walls opening up the pleural cavity; valvotomy, valvulotomy
incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction; phlebotomy, venesection
surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis; vasosection, vasotomy
surgical incision into or division of the vas deferens

Type of:: opening
becoming open or being made open

adj painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

“a cutting wind”

Synonyms:: keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing

: sharp
keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

adj (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

“cutting remarks”

Synonyms:: edged, stinging

: unkind
lacking kindness

n the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

Synonyms:: cut, cutting off

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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; pruning
the act of trimming a plant; sheepshearing
act of shearing sheep; nip, pinch
a small sharp bite or snip

Type of:: shortening
act of decreasing in length

n the act of cutting something into parts

Synonyms:: cut

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the act of severing; dissection
cutting so as to separate into pieces; scission
the act of dividing by cutting or splitting; slicing
the act of cutting into slices; undercut
a cut made underneath to remove material

Type of:: division
the act or process of dividing

n a piece cut off from the main part of something

Types:: pruning
something that has been pruned off of a plant

Type of:: part, piece
a portion of a natural object

n an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine

Synonyms:: clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting

Type of:: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
a passage selected from a larger work

n a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

Synonyms:: slip

Types:: quickset
cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn for hedges or vines

Type of:: stalk, stem
a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

n removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

Synonyms:: carving

Types:: 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)

Type of:: creating by removal
the act of creating by removing something

n the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

Synonyms:: film editing

Type of:: creating by removal
the act of creating by removing something

n the division of a deck of cards before dealing

Synonyms:: cut

Type of:: division
the act or process of dividing

n the act of diluting something

“the cutting of whiskey with water”

Synonyms:: thinning

Type of:: dilution
weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner

adj unpleasantly cold and damp

Synonyms:: bleak, raw

: cold
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

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