cutting

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Editorial note

At the same time, the pace of the cutting edge grows faster and faster.

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Quick take

the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cutting gathered in one view.

noun

the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

noun

a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

noun

the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cutting.

noun

the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

noun

a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting

noun

the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess"

See also: cut

noun

a piece cut off from the main part of something

noun

an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"

noun

removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape

noun

the division of a deck of cards before dealing; "he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal"; "the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual"

See also: cut

noun

the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels"

See also: cut

noun

the act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

noun

the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut"

See also: cut

adjective

(of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"

adjective

unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

adjective

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

Example sentences

At the same time, the pace of the cutting edge grows faster and faster.

But cutting off the DVD business like that... it's extreme.

This should be fixed the old-fashioned way: By cutting off teh flow of money at the source.

I read about Initiative X in AdAge and it seems like you’re at the cutting edge.

It would have cost them nothing to comply with the ruling properly in the first place; they are now cutting their nose off to spite their face.

Nice touch with the interactivity and the right-mouse cutting action.

This prevents the fund from cheating by cutting off the calculation early and failing to account for payments they promised to make.

That cannot be guaranteed by cutting edge technology, no matter how many bits or fancy virtualization features you throw at it.

It's time that we acknowledged that the ecosystem has changed: the slow upgrading tail grows smaller all the time, as the cutting edge absorbs more of the mindless browser population.

At the time Truglia was getting those strange calls, a major campaign was afoot to push the government to lower taxes by cutting spending on social programs such as health and education.

If you send us an image of your assembled Foldable we'd be happy to send you, free of charge, our version printed on laminated, high stock card, precision cut and pre-creased so there's no gluing or cutting needed.

As our office handed down arrest records and probation terms for riding dirt bikes in the street, cutting through a neighbor’s yard, hosting loud parties, fighting, or smoking weed – shenanigans that had rarely earned my own classmates anything more than raised eyebrows and scoldingsWhether these crimes deserve any police attention is something that could be discussed, but surely we can agree that prosecuting black kids but not white kids is something that drives inequality in society?