EGAVE

cutting

About 21.55 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The action of the verb to cut.
    How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
  2. noun A section removed from a larger whole.
  3. noun A newspaper clipping.
  4. noun A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
  5. noun An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
    The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
  6. noun An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
  7. noun The editing of film or other recordings.
  8. noun The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
    Boring, drilling, milling, and turning are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.

Similar words

sharp piercing clipping stabbing edged knifelike stinging carving cold slip

Often followed by

the off and edge of down out a through

Word family

cuttingly cuttings

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