cutting

IPA: kˈʌtɪŋ

(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.
(countable) A section removed from a larger whole.
(countable) A newspaper clipping.
(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
(countable) An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
(countable, Britain) An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
(uncountable, cinematography, sound engineering) The editing of film or other recordings.
(uncountable, machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
(uncountable, psychology) The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
A surname.

Examples of "cutting" in Sentences

"That's what I call cutting the Gordian knot," said M. Grimaldi.
The purpose of the article is to explain and discuss female genital cutting.
So it must have been very clever what they call cutting or editing or some such veshch.
The expression "cutting the cord" describes a necessary action to take when it's time to end a dependent relationship.
We have also, however, been looking at what I call cutting-edge techniques that terrorists might develop in creating improvised explosive devices.
The subjects of purpose of thread cutting, kinds of threads as the description of the tools for thread cutting should be taught by employing all the teaching aids available.
Currants are raised from cuttings generally about a foot long, all the buds from which are taken off, except five or six at the top; and the cutting is then firmly fixed in the soil about six inches deep.
The term cutting edge is so misleading – many of our autistic children entering their teens are doing so well not just from ABA but from all types of medically sound early interventions with speech, PT, OT, food, psychological and psychiatric therapies.
Having assured my fellow-traveller of my unqualified approbation of all I had witnessed, there was a short pause, during which he employed himself in cutting from a cake of honeydew a small plug about half an inch square; this went to replace one which he deposited unpleasantly near my feet.