| cutting [a] |
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| 1) | (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment" |
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| Synonyms : | edged stinging |
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| unkind |
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| 2) | unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" |
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| Synonyms : | bleak raw |
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| cold |
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| 3) | as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" |
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| Synonyms : | keen knifelike lancinate lancinating piercing stabbing |
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| sharp |
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| 4) | suitable for cutting or severing; "a cutting tool"; "the cutting edge" |
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| sharp |
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| cutting [n] |
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| 1) | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
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| Synonyms : | film_editing |
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| creating_by_removal cut cut |
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| 2) | a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting |
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| Synonyms : | slip |
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| stalk quickset |
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| 3) | the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess" |
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| Synonyms : | cut |
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| division cut cut severance dissection scission slicing undercut |
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| 4) | a piece cut off from the main part of something |
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| part pruning |
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| 5) | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings" |
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| Synonyms : | clipping newspaper_clipping press_clipping press_cutting |
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| excerpt |
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| 6) | cutting away parts to create a desired shape |
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| Synonyms : | carving |
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| creating_by_removal cut carve truncation |
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| 7) | the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual" |
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| Synonyms : | cut |
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| division card_game cut |
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| 8) | the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" |
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| Synonyms : | cut |
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| opening cut nick gash incision |
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| 9) | the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine" |
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| Synonyms : | thinning |
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| dilution cut |
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| 10) | the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" |
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| Synonyms : | cut cutting_off |
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| shortening cut clip haircut clipping shearing |
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