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

Sarcastic; severe.

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:

• 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