cutting

Adjective

• 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
    

• unpleasantly cold and damp
  • bleak winds of the North Atlantic
    

• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
  • cutting remarks
    
  • edged satire
    
  • a stinging comment
    

Noun

• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
  • the barber gave him a good cut
    

• the act of diluting something
  • the cutting of whiskey with water
    
  • the thinning of paint with turpentine
    

• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
  • his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
    

• 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
    

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

• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
  • he searched through piles of letters and clippings
    

• a piece cut off from the main part of something

• the act of cutting something into parts
  • his cuts were skillful
    
  • his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
    

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  keen , knifelike , piercing , stabbing , lancinate , lancinating , bleak , raw , edged , stinging , cut , cutting off , thinning , carving , clipping , newspaper clipping , press clipping , press cutting , slip , film editing