cutting

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

   a cutting wind

2. 2
   adj

   (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character

   cutting remarks

3. 3
   noun

   the act of diluting something

   the cutting of whiskey with water

4. 4
   noun

   a part removed from a plant used to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

   I bought hibiscus cuttings while in Hawaii to bring back home.

5. 5
   noun

   The action of the verb to cut.

   How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?

6. 6
   noun

   A section removed from a larger whole.

   [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]

7. 7
   noun

   An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.

   The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.

8. 8
   noun

   An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.

   [T]he railway, however, will require a farther outlay to render it complete, though the locomotive engine has passed over every foot of ground from Liverpool to Salford. The slopes of the cuttings want dressing, and several of them want protecting with foot walls.

Etymology

From cut + -ing.