Definition of cutting
- p. pr. & vb. n. - of Cut
- n. - The act or process of making an incision, or of severing,
felling, shaping, etc.
- n. - 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.
- a. - Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
- a. - Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
- a. - Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.