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.