Dictionary
cutting
Meaning
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- The action of the verb to cut.
- A section removed from a larger whole.
- A section removed from a larger whole.
- A section removed from a larger whole.
- An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
- An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
- The editing of film or other recordings.
- The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
- The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.
Hyphenated as
cut‧ting
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʌtɪŋ/
Etymology
From cut + -ing.
cut
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- To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- (slang) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
- To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
- To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
- To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
- To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
- (slang) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.
- To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- To change direction suddenly.
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
- (slang) To make, to negotiate, to conclude.
- (slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
- To exhibit (a figure having some trait).
- To stop, disengage, or cease.
- To renounce or give up.
- To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- To perform (an elaborate dancing movement etc.).
- (slang) To move.
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