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I - noun
1. the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film (Freq. 2)
Syn:
film editing
Derivationally related forms:
cut
Hypernyms:
creating by removal
2. a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting (Freq. 1)
Syn:
slip
Hypernyms:
stalk, stem
Hyponyms:
quickset
3. the act of cutting something into parts (Freq. 1)
- his cuts were skillful
- his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
Syn:
cut
Derivationally related forms:
cut
Hypernyms:
division
Hyponyms:
severance, severing, dissection, scission, slicing, undercut
4. a piece cut off from the main part of something
Hypernyms:
part, piece
Hyponyms:
pruning
5. 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
Syn:
cut
Derivationally related forms:
cut
Hypernyms:
division
Part Holonyms:
card game, cards
6. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
Syn:
cut
Derivationally related forms:
cut
Hypernyms:
opening
Hyponyms:
notch, nick, snick, slash, gash,
incision, section, surgical incision
7. the act of diluting something
- the cutting of whiskey with water
- the thinning of paint with turpentine
Syn:
thinning
Derivationally related forms:
thin (for: thinning), cut
Hypernyms:
dilution
8. the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the barber gave him a good cut
Syn:
cut, cutting off
Derivationally related forms:
cut
Hypernyms:
shortening
Hyponyms:
clip, clipping, snip, haircut, trim,
trimming, shearing
9. an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- he searched through piles of letters and clippings
Syn:
clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting
Hypernyms:
excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
10. removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
Syn:
carving
Derivationally related forms:
cut, carve (for: carving)
Hypernyms:
creating by removal
Hyponyms:
petroglyph, truncation

II - adjective
1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
- cutting remarks
- edged satire
- a stinging comment
Syn:
edged, stinging
Similar to:
unkind
2. unpleasantly cold and damp
- bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Syn:
bleak, raw
Similar to:
cold
Derivationally related forms:
rawness (for: raw), bleakness (for: bleak)
3. 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
Syn:
keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
Similar to:
sharp

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