cutting
cutting is a 7-letter English word with 19 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Cut. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- present participle. of Cut
- noun. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.
- noun. 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.
- adjective. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
- adjective. Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
- adjective. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
- noun. the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
"the barber gave him a good cut"
- noun. the act of diluting something
"the cutting of whiskey with water"
"the thinning of paint with turpentine"
- noun. the act of cutting something into parts
"his cuts were skillful"
"his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"
- noun. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
"his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"
- noun. 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"
- noun. removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
- noun. the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
- noun. an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
"he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
- noun. a piece cut off from the main part of something
- noun. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- adjective. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
"a cutting wind"
"keen winds"
- adjective. unpleasantly cold and damp
"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
- adjective. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
"cutting remarks"
"edged satire"
Synonyms
cut, thinning, carving, clipping, slip, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing, bleak, raw, edged, stinging
Common word forms
cuttings, cuttingly, cuttingness
Words from these letters
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