Thesaurus: cutting

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Cut
2. n. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.
3. n. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.
4. a. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
5. a. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
6. a. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
7. adj. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
8. adj. unpleasantly cold and damp
9. adj. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
10. n. the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
11. n. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
12. n. the act of cutting something into parts