Synonym: bleak, carving, clipping, cut, cutting off, edged, film editing, keen, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, newspaper clipping, piercing, press clipping, press cutting, raw, slip, stabbing, stinging, thinning. Similar words: cutting edge, press cutting, abutting, jutting, putting, butt in, letting, setting. Meaning: ['kʌtɪŋ] n. 1. the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film 2. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting 3. the act of cutting something into parts 4. a piece cut off from the main part of something 5. an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine 6. removing parts to create a desired shape 7. the division of a deck of cards before dealing 8. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge 9. the act of diluting something 10. the act of shortening something by choping off the ends. adj. 1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character 2. unpleasantly cold and damp 3. as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument 4. suitable for cutting or severing.
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(1) The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates.
(2) Management is looking at ways of cutting costs.
(3) Her scene ended up on the cutting room floor.
(4) Cutting concrete would blunt a metal-cutting tool.
(5) She was cutting the meat up into little bits.
(6) The deck represents the cutting edge in CD reproduction.
(7) Cutting the budget was an impressive accomplishment.
(8) He sits in his apartment cutting up magazines.
(9) He made cutting comments about his wife.
(10) Serve by cutting the scones in half and spreading with jam and lashings of clotted cream.
(11) The theatre managed to boost its audiences by cutting ticket prices.
(12) They raised prices and cut production(sentencedict.com), instead of cutting costs.
(13) The management decided to economise by cutting the dead wood from the workforce, thus reducing the wages bill.
(14) This shipyard is at the cutting edge of world shipbuilding technology.
(15) They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security.
(16) Many businesses are cutting back by employing lower-paid part-time workers.
(17) He was cutting biscuits out and putting them on a baking tray.
(18) The pioneers went west across North America, cutting down forests and planting new crops.
(19) The management decided to economize by cutting the dead wood from the workforce,thus reducing the wages bill.
(20) To conserve electricity, we are cutting down on our central heating.
(21) Side cutters are useful for cutting electrical flex to length.
(22) This wheel provides the power to the cutting machine.
(23) The rope was cutting into her wrists .
(24) The independent stations are cutting into our audience.
(25) She's always cutting down my lifestyle.
(26) He had thick silver hair which needed cutting.
(27) Baker argued against cutting the military budget.
(28) The company is selling off some sites and concentrating on cutting debts.
(29) They have railed the meadows off from the new railway cutting.
(30) Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood.
More similar words: cutting edge, press cutting, abutting, jutting, putting, butt in, letting, setting, sitting, fitting, vetting, quitting, blotting, forgetting, plotting, knitting, emitting, unwitting, wittingly, sitting room, unwittingly, unremitting, transmitting, scuttle, cut-throat, cutthroat, cut through, cut the mustard, cut in, cut into.