Results for cutting
Definitions of cutting:
part of speech: noun
A piece cut off or from; a slip, as from a plant; an incision.
part of speech: participial adjective
Dividing by an edged instrument; deeply wounding the feelings; sarcastic; piercing; chilling; sharp; as, a cutting remark.
part of speech: adjective / noun
part of speech: noun
An incision; a piece cut off; a portion of a plant for propagation; a long deep excavation, as in making a road, a railway, or a canal.
part of speech: noun
A dividing or lopping off: an incision: a piece cut off: a twig.
Usage examples for cutting:
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Men working there had swept the snow off and were cutting the ice into great blocks.
"Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm", Helen Fuller Orton -
" Well," said Luella at last, in a cutting voice, " why don't you talk?"
"Blindfolded", Earle Ashley Walcott -
Mary's very nice now, but you'd come to be so sick of her, that you'd feel half like cutting her throat,- or your own.
"The Vicar of Bullhampton", Anthony Trollope -
Malcolm flew to the King, cutting short his angry exclamation with the cry, 'Help!
"The Caged Lion", Charlotte M. Yonge