Cutting

  • 21cutting — 1. noun /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ a) The action of the verb to cut. How many different cuttings can this movie undergo? b) A section removed from the larger whole. The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time. 2 …

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  • 22cutting — I UK [ˈkʌtɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms cutting : singular cutting plural cuttings * 1) British an article cut out of a newspaper 2) a piece cut from a plant and used for growing into a new plant 3) British a passage cut through something… …

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  • 23Cutting — Recorded as Cutten, Cuttin, Cutton, Cutting and the patronymic Cuttings, this interesting and unusual surname is medieval English. In a sense it is a nickname being a short form of the early given name Cudbeort, the later Cuthbert, and meaning… …

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  • 24cutting — cut|ting1 [ kʌtıŋ ] noun count * 1. ) a piece cut from a plant and used for growing into a new plant 2. ) BRITISH a newspaper CLIPPING 3. ) BRITISH a CUT made for a road or a railroad cutting cut|ting 2 [ kʌtıŋ ] adjective 1. ) a cutting remark… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25cutting — /ˈkʌtɪŋ / (say kuting) noun 1. the act of someone or something that cuts. 2. something cut off. 3. Horticulture a piece of plant, commonly a root, shoot, or leaf, cut from a plant to reproduce an entire new plant. 4. a piece clipped out of a… …

  • 26cutting — cuttingly, adv. cuttingness, n. /kut ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that cuts. 2. something cut, cut off, or cut out. 3. Hort. a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant and used for propagation. 4. something made by cutting,… …

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  • 27cutting — n. a press cutting (BE; AE has press clipping) * * * [ kʌtɪŋ] a press cutting (BE; AE has press clipping) …

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  • 28cutting — cut|ting1 [ˈkʌtıŋ] n 1.) a stem or leaf that is cut from a plant and put in soil or water to grow into a new plant 2.) BrE an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine = ↑clipping press/newspaper cuttings ▪ Margot sent him some press …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29cutting — 1. noun 1) plant cuttings Syn: scion, slip; graft 2) fabric cuttings Syn: piece, bit, fragment; trimming 2. adjective 1) a cutting remark Syn …

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  • 30cutting — 1. noun a newspaper cutting Syn: clipping, article, piece, column, paragraph 2. adjective a cutting remark Syn: hurtful, wounding, barbed, scathing, caustic, sarcastic, snide, spiteful …

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