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Cutting

Definition: Cutting

Cutting

Adjective

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

2. Unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic".

3. As physically 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".

4. Suitable for cutting or severing; "a cutting tool"; "the cutting edge".

Noun

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; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess".

4. A piece cut off from the main part of something.

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

6. Cutting away parts to create a desired shape.

7. The division of a deck of cards before dealing; "his cutting the cards before every deal soon became a ritual".

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

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

10. : the act of shortening something by cutting off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cutting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Cutting

DomainDefinition

Bible

Cutting the flesh in various ways was an idolatrous practice, a part of idol-worship (Deut. 14:1; 1 Kings 18:28). The Israelites were commanded not to imitate this practice (Lev. 19:28; 21:5; Deut. 14:1). The tearing of the flesh from grief and anguish of spirit in mourning for the dead was regarded as a mark of affection (Jer. 16:6; 41:5; 48:37). Allusions are made in Revelation (13:16; 17:5; 19:20) to the practice of printing marks on the body, to indicate allegiance to a deity. We find also references to it, through in a different direction, by Paul (Gal. 6; 7) and by Ezekiel (9:4). (See HAIR.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Food & Agriculture

L. propagation by means of cuttings. 2. preparing cuttings. Cutting well matured canes into cuttings of the desired lenght. Source: European Union. (references)
 Addition of water to high strength brandy to bring it to normal strength for sale or consumption. Source: European Union. (references)
 A segment of a cane which is used to propagate the vine by rooting. Source: European Union. (references)
 A living branch of a willow without twigs, which is stuck into the ground for the purpose of revegetation or slope stabilization. Source: European Union. (references)
 Any rectangular section cut from a board or a plant. Source: European Union. (references)

Metallurgy

The first method consists in removing metal -- from a blank by means of a cutting tool. Source: European Union. (references)
 The act of shaping a workpiece by cutting. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. The opening made by shearing or cutting. b. Low-grade ore or refuse obtained from beneficiating ore. c. The operation of making openings across a coal seam as by channeling, or beneath a coal seam as by undercutting. d. Excavating e. Lowering a grade f. Eng. The end or side of a stall next to the solid coal where the coal is cut with a pick in a vertical line to facilitate breaking down; channeling. g. N. of Eng. The operation of undercutting coal with a mechanical cutter. The machine, which runs on electricity, employs two cutterperson. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Cutting

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Cutting is the separation of a physical object, or a portion of a physical object, into two portions, through the application of an acutely directed force. An implement commonly used for cutting is the knife. However, any sufficiently sharp object is capable of cutting if it has a hardness sufficiently larger than the object being cut, and if it is applied with sufficient force.

Cutting is a compressive and shearing phenomenon, and only occurs when the total stress generated by the cutting implement exceeds the ultimate strength of the material of the object being cut. The simplest applicable equation is stress = force/area: The stress generated by a cutting implement is directly proportional to the force with which it is applied, and inversely proportional to the area of contact. Hence, the smaller the area (i.e., the sharper the cutting implement), the less force is needed to cut something.

For the computing sense, see: cut and paste

Cutting is also a Disc jockey technique.

A cutting is also a part a plant removed to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cutting."

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Haircut

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

See also: Haircut (finance) Unlike other animals, human beings of many cultures cut their hair, rather than letting it grow naturally. A haircut normally describes cutting head hair, rather than other body hair such as pubic, facial or underarm hair.

Hair styles are often used to signal cultural, social and ethnic identity. Hair styles in both men and women also vary with fashion.

There is a thriving world market in cut human hair of sufficient length for wig manufacture. In less developed countries, selling one's hair can be a significant source of income - depending on length, thickness and color, wig makers have been known to pay as much as US$40 for a head of hair. In the United States, cut hair of at least 10 inches length may be donated to charity.

Groups of people who do not cut their hair:

Types of haircut: See also: The Crewcuts from the 1950s and Haircut 100, from the 1980s are pop music performers who used hair as an identifier.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Haircut."

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Synonyms: Cutting

Synonyms: bleak (adj), edged (adj), keen (adj), knifelike (adj), lancinate (adj), lancinating (adj), piercing (adj), raw (adj), stabbing (adj), stinging (adj), carving (n), clipping (n), cut (n), cutting off (n), film editing (n), newspaper clipping (n), press clipping (n), press cutting (n), slip (n), thinning (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Cutting

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cold

Adjective: cold, cool; chill, chilly; icy; gelid, frigid, algid; fresh, keen, bleak, raw, inclement, bitter, biting, niveous, cutting, nipping, piercing, pinching; clay-cold; starved. (made cold); chilled to the bone, shivering. Verb: aguish, transi de froid; frostbitten, frost-bound, frost-nipped.

Disapprobation

Satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp, cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon; censorious, critical, captious, carping, hypercritical; fastidious; sparing of praise, grudging praise.

Chiding, upbraiding;Verb: exprobation, abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely; hard words, cutting words, bitter words.

Disjunction

Dissection anatomy; decomposition; cutting instrument; (sharpness); buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw.

Feeling

Warm, quick, lively, smart, strong, sharp, acute, cutting, piercing, incisive; keen, keen as a razor; trenchant, pungent, racy, piquant, poignant, caustic.

Pain

Sharp, acute, sore, severe, grave, hard, harsh, cruel, biting, caustic; cutting, corroding, consuming, racking, excruciating, searching, grinding, grating, agonizing; envenomed; catheretic, pyrotic.

Part

Piece, lump, bit cut, cutting; chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale; lamina; small part; morsel, particle; (smallness); installment, dividend; share; (allotment).

Sharpness

Wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword; (arms); bodkin; (perforator); belduque, bowie knife, paring knife; bushwhacker; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine.

Cutting; sharp edged, knife edged; sharp as a razor, keen as a razor; sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack; sharpened; Verb: set

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Cutting

English words defined with "cutting": cost cutting, cutting angle, Cutting die, cutting edge, cutting implement, cutting off, cutting room, cutting toolprice cutting. (references)
Specialty definitions using "cutting": AUTOMATED CUTTING MACHINE OPERATORbase of a cuttingCANCELING AND CUTTING CONTROL CLERK, chipless cutting, cross cutting, cutting face, cutting fluid, cutting head, cutting horizon, CUTTING INSPECTOR, cutting motor, cutting punch, cutting speed, CUTTING SUPERVISOR, cutting theorem, cutting wheel, cutting without stock removalflow cuttingharvest cuttingintermediate cuttingjet-assisted cuttingorthogonal cuttingpower operated cutting bladesseed-tree cutting method, seed-tree cutting system, shape by cutting, shaping by cutting, shoulder cutting, slitting and cutting, supervisor, automatic cutting machines, SUPERVISOR, CORDUROY CUTTING, SUPERVISOR, CUTTING AND BONING, SUPERVISOR, CUTTING AND SPLICING, SUPERVISOR, CUTTING DEPARTMENT, SUPERVISOR, FLAME CUTTING, SUPERVISOR, FOAM CUTTING, SUPERVISOR, SILK-SCREEN CUTTING AND PRINTING, SUPERVISOR, STAVE CUTTINGtwo dimensional cutting, two-stage cuttingwork by cutting, working by cutting, working with cutting tools. (references)
Etymologies containing "cutting": Xylocopa. (references)

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Modern Usage: Cutting

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you follow me. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

The wounds of war run deep, cutting across generations (The Outer Limits; writing credit: Alan Brennert; Steven Barnes)

He's cutting a piece of wood (C'era una volta il West; writing credit: Dario Argento; Bernardo Bertolucci)

Next thing you know your cutting up bodies in the bathtub (Halloween: Resurrection; writing credit: Debra Hill; John Carpenter)

And at some point someone has to draw the line and that is always going to be me! You-you get down on me for cutting myself off, and in the end the slayer is always cut off. There's no mystical guide book, no all knowing council (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Lyrics

Gonna get down to it soldiers are cutting us down ("Ohio"; performing artist: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

Is cutting through my skin (Angels Would Fall; performing artist: Melissa Etheridge)

Cutting up a storm that's why the crowd is all wet (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

I can see the path you're cutting (Love Somebody; performing artist: Rick Springfield)

Clever

More than once I had seen a noble who had gotten his enemy at a disadvantage stop to pray before cutting his throat. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Movie/TV Titles

Cutting a Melon (1927)

Honolulu Cutting Sugar Cane (1901)

Heinz Cutting Cucumbers and Cauliflower (1901)

Cutting Meat for Sausage (Side View) (1901)

Coming Out of Scraping Machines and Cutting Off Heads (1901)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Cutting

DomainTitle

References

  • Oxymetal-Laser Techniques. Metal cutting: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Paper and Paperboard Cutting Machinery in Africa (reference)

  • Cutting, Drilling, Welding Lasers in Canada: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  • Metal Cutting Machine Tools in Japan: A Strategic Entry Report, 1996 (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Paper and Paperboard Cutting Machinery in Europe (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Cutting Edge Advertising: How to Create the World's Best for Brands in the 21st Century (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

  • Trudeau 11-by-14-Inch Polypropylene Cutting Board (reference)

  • MK MK-101PROK 10" 2 HP Tile Saw includes Cutting Kit & Stand an $174.00 Value (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Cutting

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Photo Album: Cutting

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Display of red meat and poultry on a cutting board. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

2 square black marble cutting boards (1 large, 1 small) on a grey marble table top. The small board has a peapod split open; the large board is decorated with swipes of light blue paint and has tomatoes, carrots, squash, beans and spinach. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Head of Necator americanus showing cutting plates. Roundworm, nematode, parasite. Credit: CDC.

Dismantling the signal at Station Out, Thatch Cay Cleaning up at the end of a project Lt.(j.g.) Mike Kuhl cutting wire securing signal. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Man-made canal with eroding bank. The cutting of canals often changes the water circulation in marsh systems and can lead to their decline. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Marsh land that has been converted to pasture by cutting canals, building levees , and pumping out water. Exposure to air caused oxidation of organic matter in soil which led to rapid subsidence. Credit: America's Coastlines.

NATHANIEL B. PALMER cutting through thin ice. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Cutting bait for use in the United States Atlantic Tuna Tournament. Credit: Fisheries.

Mississippi cutting site for Myrtle Grove. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

This image shows cutting through a water pipe that allowed workers to continue the restoration work. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Cutting
 

"Cutting board" by Markus .
Commentary: "My cuttingboard."
"Cutting 2" by Marcel Hol
Commentary: "Cutting paper."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Cutting".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Electric chainsaw cutting through wood.Starting up jigsaw and cutting wood.
Electric chainsaw cutting through wood.Manual hand saw cutting wood.
Scissors cutting paper.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Cutting

AuthorQuotation

Benjamin Franklin

I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.

Jonathan Swift

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

Thomas p Kempis

Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Cutting

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

So that the end and measure of this power, when in every man's hands in the state of nature, being the preservation of all of his society, that is, all mankind in general, it can have no other end or measure, when in the hands of the magistrate, but to preserve the members of that society in their lives, liberties, and possessions; and so cannot be an absolute, arbitrary power over their lives and fortunes, which are as much as possible to be preserved; but a power to make laws, and annex such penalties to them, as may tend to the preservation of the whole, by cutting off those parts, and those only, which are so corrupt, that they threaten the sound and healthy, without which no severity is lawful. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Cutting

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Legitimacy had just asserted itself by cutting off the fist and then the head of Pleignier, Carbonneau, and Tolleron

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Then the water poured over the highways, and cars moved slowly, cutting the water ahead, and leaving a boiling muddy wake behind

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

This was somewhat like cutting a hole in the bottom of a ship to let the water out.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cutting

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This means cutting back on any harmful drugs is considered first. (references)

Wash hands, knives, and cutting boards after handling uncooked foods. (references)

Use separate cutting boards for foods of animal origin and other foods. (references)

Business

In contrast, the Dutch Government is committed to cutting the cost of healthcare. (references)

The impact of cutting the price of medical devices varies according to individual product. (references)

U.S. products and services are especially well regarded when they offer cutting edge technology. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

Although the authorities have full control, they appear to be cutting off access only selectively. (references)

Iraq

In February opposition press reported that the Government added the penalty of cutting out the tongue of anyone who ridiculed the President. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Media outlets also were harassed through the misuse of government agencies, by performing tax audits or cutting off power and telephone lines. (references)

Economic History

Netherlands

Cutting average working hours is often used to create jobs or avoid layoffs. (references)

Tunisia

PRICE CUTTING AT THE RETAIL LEVEL IS A NEW AND RAPIDLY INCREASING PHENOMENON. (references)

Uruguay

The GOU intends to foster economic efficiency through demonopolization and cutting red tape. (references)

Human Rights

Senegal

The rebels allegedly struck Mballo repeatedly with their rifle butts before cutting off his left ear. (references)

Tunisia

Lawyers and activists stated in 2000 that the Government increased its practice of cutting off telephone service to activists. (references)

Nepal

On December 7, 16-year-old Jitendra Tharu of Deudhakala, Bardiya District, was shot and killed by the RNA while cutting grass in the jungle. (references)

Indigenous People

Canada

The nonaborignal fishermen sparked violence by cutting Burnt Church lobster trap lines and damaging aboriginal property. (references)

Political Economy

ROMANIA

In 1999-2000, Romania succeeded in significantly cutting the current account deficit. (references)

ISRAEL

Those costs were absorbed within the 2001 budget by cutting spending in most non-security areas. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

Now all cutting, sewing and finishing of textiles can be done in country. (references)

Finland

Tighter competition ensued from Finland's EU entry, accelerating cost cutting in the sector. (references)

Germany

All beef and pork exported to Germany for human consumption must come from slaughterhouses, cutting plants and cold stores approved for export to the EU. Since 1989, the EU has prohibited importation of beef from cattle treated with growth hormones. (references)

Travel

Turkey

Cutting edge medical care does not exist in Turkey. (references)

Italy

Granting of duty-free status may require that the samples be rendered useless for future sale by marking, perforating, cutting, or other means. (references)

Women

Indonesia

According to reports, FGM practices appear to be increasingly symbolic in nature (for example, a pinprick or the cutting of a ceremonial root). (references)

Worker Rights

Brazil

These activities, which include cutting sugar cane, applying pesticides, and driving tractors, now are prohibited to all workers under 18. ILO Convention 182 entered into force in February. (references)

Dominican Republic

The Government has attempted to eliminate the use of children for cutting sugar cane; however, there are still reports that poor Haitian and Dominican children accompany their parents to work in the cane fields, with the tacit acceptance of sugar companies. (references)

Panama

In September the Minister of Labor suggested that child labor in the sugar cane fields was a "cultural tradition among the indigenous" and that children cutting sugar cane received more food during harvest time; these comments led to a series of critical newspaper editorials. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

LAUREATE, adj. Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral. Of all incumbents of that high office, Robert Southey had the most notable knack at drugging the Samson of public joy and cutting his hair to the quick; and he had an artistic color-sense which enabled him so to blacken a public grief as to give it the aspect of a national crime.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Cutting

SpeakerPhrase(s)

John E. Sununu

Well, I've always supported cutting capital gains taxes, because they do discourage investment and economic growth. But I think where the tax code is concerned, the most important thing we could do right now is simplify it, reform it.

Rush Limbaugh

Paraphrasing, the memo says that even though we know it's not true, we're going to still accuse the Republicans of cutting Social Security because it's so much fun to watch them react to those false charges.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Cutting

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837We can not embarrass or cut off the trade of France without at the same time in some degree embarrassing or cutting off our own trade.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977Cutting taxes now is essential if we are to turn the economy around.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981One of my major commitments has been to restore public faith in our Federal government by cutting out waste and inefficiency.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001The expansion of trade hasn't fully closed the gap between those of us who live on the cutting edge of the global economy and the billions around the world who live on the knife's edge of survival.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Cutting

"Cutting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 84.72% of the time. "Cutting" is used about 2,719 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)84.72%2,3043,855
Adjective (general or positive)6.94%18922,353
Noun (singular)6.47%17623,410
Noun (proper)1.84%5048,117
Unclassified Items0.04%1339,140
                    Total100.00%2,719N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Cutting

The following table summarizes the usage of "cutting" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
CuttingLast name1,0008,070
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Cutting

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "cutting".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
CherithN/ABiblical

Cutting

PocherethN/ABiblical

Cutting of the mouth of warfare

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Cutting

CountryName
France

Oxymetal-Laser Techniques. Metal cutting

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Cutting

Expressions using "cutting": base of a cutting before cutting blank cutting ceramic cutting tool chipless cutting cost cutting cross cutting cutting and stinging waste cutting angle cutting area cutting board cutting charge cutting chisel cutting diamond cutting die cutting down cutting edge cutting force cutting head cutting implement cutting in two cutting loss cutting machine cutting nippers cutting off cutting out cutting out of database fields cutting pliers cutting pressure cutting punch cutting remark cutting resistance cutting room cutting short cutting the transmission cutting tool cutting up cutting veins cutting weapon cutting without stock removal cutting words diamond cutting disengagement cutting flow cutting force acting on a cutting tool Glass cutting harvest cutting intermediate cutting intermittent cutting interrupted cutting major cutting edge make a hash of cutting newspaper cutting orthogonal cutting power operated cutting blades preparatory cutting press cutting press cutting agency price cutting radial plunge cutting rooted cutting screw cutting shape by cutting shaping by cutting slitting and cutting stone cutting temple cutting throat cutting tile cutting plier two dimensional cutting without cutting wood cutting work by cutting working by cutting working with cutting tools your hair wants cutting. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "cutting": cutting-board, cutting-edge, cutting-in, cutting-off, cutting-off-head-strangers, cutting-room, cutting-short, cutting-tables.

Ending with "cutting": budget-cutting, coal-cutting, cross-cutting, deficit-cutting, grass-cutting, leaf-cutting, pattern-cutting, peat-cutting, price-cutting, ribbon-cutting, self-cutting, tariff-cutting, tax-cutting.

Containing "cutting": boat-cutting-out, cost-cutting measures, leaf-cutting bee, nail-cutting-out, rose-cutting bee, sharp-cutting edge.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cutting

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

laser cutting

1,195

cutting the tree

102

cutting

559

torch cutting

92

cutting board

441

cutting crown molding

90

hair cutting

390

cost cutting increase need quickly revenue while

90

plasma cutting

325

glass cutting

84

cutting tool

294

water jet cutting

82

cutting edge

278

wood cutting boards

79

cutting gel

267

concrete cutting

77

die cutting

233

laser cutting machine

74

cutting horse

200

cutting oil

73

laser cutting job shop

160

rose cutting

67

cutting search stock tabu

157

cutting horse for sale

65

industrial laser cutting

150

grass cutting

62

laser cutting and stencil

147

custom cutting boards

62

laser cutting welding

145

cost cutting

61

cutting drilling laser

144

hardwood cutting boards

59

cutting crew

133

stone cutting

59

the cutting edge

129

cutting mat

54

cutting laser nd yag

123

metal cutting

53

waterjet cutting

112

metal cutting tool

53
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Cutting

Language Translations for "cutting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

therës (acid, acidly, acrimonious, acute, biting, butcher, caustic, dry, epigrammatic, executioner, exquisite, incisive, keen, nippy, penetrating, peppery, piercing, poignant, sharp, sharp cut, stinging, trenchant), redaktim (editorial board, editorship, redaction), që të pret (bitter, keen, nippy, piercing), prerje (cut, excision, felling, gash, incision, jump, kerf, mintage, scission, shearing, slash, slit, snip, striking, tapping), pjesë e prerë nga gazeta, i akullt (chill, cold-hearted, freezing, frigid, frozen, gelid, glacial, ice, icy), grirje, bisk (shoot), aklem. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ماض (ago, back, bygone, departed, last, past, previous), ‏نبات (flora, huckleberry, plant, vegetation), ‏لاذع (acerb, acid, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitter, bitterly, burning, caustic, harsh, hot, keen, mordant, nippy, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, rough, salty, sarcastic, savory, savoury, scathing, scorching, sharp, sharp tongued, smarting, snappish, snappy, spicy, spiteful, stinging, tart, waspish), ‏قطعة قماش (cloth, piece of clothing, rag), ‏قصاصة (chip, clip, clipping, scrap, slip, snip, snippet, trimming), ‏قارس (chilling, chilly, frigging, nippy, severe, sharp, shrewd), ‏قارص (acid, acrid, acrimonious, biting, mordacious, sharp), ‏حصاد (gathering, harvest, harvester, harvesting, reaper), ‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident, strong, trenchant), ‏ساخر (biting, bitter, cynic, cynical, derisive, derisory, epigram, giber, ironic, ironical, irradiant, lampooner, lampoonist, laughable, persiflage, quizzical, sarcastic, sardonic, saturnine, sneerer, snide, tongue in cheek, wry), ‏عكيس, ‏صفحة جريدة, ‏جارح للشعور, ‏جارح (acrid, injurious, offensive, painful, predatory, wounding), ‏التنقيح للأفلام السينمائية. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

остър (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, argute, arrowy, biting, bitter, crusty, edgy, excruciating, fine, fulminating, gabled, grating, gravelly, grinding, high pitched, keen, lancinating, metallic, nice, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, peppery, perspicacious, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, ragged, searching, sharp, shrill, slashing, stiff, strident, strong, tangy, trenchant), изрезка (clip, cut, scrap), парче (bar, bit, cake, catch, cob, cut, dollop, fragment, lump, patch, piece, portion, scrap, section, slice, slip, slipping, snatch, splint, splinter), пронизващ (harsh, keen, raw, searching, strident, thrilling), прорез (groove, notch, port, slot), просека (trench, vista), дялане (hack), отрязък (clipping, intercept, piece, section, snippet), язвителен (acerb, acerbic, acid, acidulated, acrid, acrimonious, adust, biting, incisive, mordant, poignant, pungent, sardonic, splenetic, stinging, trenchant, vinegary, vitriolic, waspish), кроене, кройка (cut, fashion, pattern, style), разсичане (dissection, section, slashing), резник, рязане (cut, scission), сечене (cut, felling, hack, intersection), отрязване (ablation, excision, interception, severance). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

切口. (various references)

   

Czech

  

výstřižek (clipping, press cutting), sestřih, sarkastický (biting, mordant, sarcastic, snide), příkop (dike, ditch, dyke, trench), kousavý (acerbic, acrid, barbed, bitchy, biting, caustic, dry, pointed, scathing, snappy, tart, vitriolic, waspish), jedovatý (abrasive, biting, cankered, cankerous, poisonous, rank, toxic, venomous, virulent, vitriolic). (various references)

   

Danish

  

skærende bearbejdning (shaping by cutting, working by cutting), aflægning (discard, distribution, propagation by cuttings, removal, taking up, withdrawal), blindskud, byggegrube (excavation, trenching), formering (asexual reproduction, breeding, forming, propagation, propagation by cuttings, reproduction), formering ved stikling (propagation by cuttings), forplantning (propagation, propagation by cuttings, reproduction), gennemskaering (cutoff), grøft (ditch), knibtang (pincers, pliers, tongs, wire cutters, wire nippers), nedbringning af alkoholprocenten (breaking down, reduction in proof), opskæring, afhugning (mowing), rende (apron, channel, chute, diversion cut, drain, duct, furrow, glass receiver, grip, groove, gut, gutter, lead, rill, scoop, sulcus, tin, tray, tray bar, trench, trough), vej i afgravning (road in cutting, sunk road, trench for a road), skarp (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, lurid, sharp), slaaning (lay, mowing), slibning (abrasion, acuminate, grinding, lapping, rubbing, sanding, sharpen, smoothing, surface grinding, to grind tools, whet 3)grounding), spåntagende bearbejdning (shaping by cutting, working by cutting), stikling (planting shoot, pole, rooted vine, rooting, set, sett, wand), stiklingeformering (propagation by cuttings), tilskæring af podekviste (propagation by cuttings), traadtang (pliers, wire cutters, wire nippers), udgravning (digging, excavation, exhumation, to dig away, trenching), vegetativ formering (asexual reproduction, propagation by cuttings, vegetative propagation), vej i afgravet terræn (road in cutting, sunk road, trench for a road), opskaering (conversion, shearing). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

snede (cut, slice), dwarssnijden, ingraving, kniptang (wire-shears), overenten (propagation by cuttings), reductie van wijngeest (breaking down, reduction in proof), scherp (abrasive, accurate, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bleak, exactly, harsh, lurid, nutty, precise, sharp, sour, tart), sierslijpen (grinding), bouwput (excavation, trenching), slijpen (sharpen), weg in ingraving (road in cutting, sunk road, trench for a road), snijdende bewerking (shaping by cutting, working by cutting), stek, stekken (propagation by cuttings), uitgraving (earthwork, excavation, spoil, trenching), verdiept liggende straat (road in cutting, sunk road, trench for a road), verdiept liggende weg (road in cutting, sunk road, trench for a road), verdiepte weg (road in cutting, sunk road, trench for a road), versnijden (blending, cutting up, shearing, to cut, to hit), sleuf (slot). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مقطع (Section, Segment), قلمه گیاه , قلمه زنی , برنده (Conductive, Cutter, Incisive, Trenchant, Winner), برش روزنامه , برش (Broach, Clip, Cut, Dissection, Excision, Hack, Incision, Recision, Section, Sectorial, Slash, Slice, Snip). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pistokas (slip), niitto (mowing), leikkaus (carving, cut, editing, incision, operation, section). (various references)

   

French

  

coupe (cup, cut), coupant. (various references)

   

German

  

Schneiden (bite, carve, chop, clip, cross, crosscutting, cut, cut down, cutting edges, edit, finesse, harvest, incise, intersect, lance, meet, mow, Nick, pare, reap, scissor, shave, shear, slice, snick, snub, to bite, to clip, to cut, to cutting edges, to scissor, to slice, trim), schnitt (average, crop, cut, edge, editing, incision, intersection, line, modeling, Nick, notch, pattern, scissored, section, serration, shape, slash, sliced, snip), scharf (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acridly, acrimonious, acute, biting, bitter, caustic, clear, closely, cool, cracking, discerning, drastic, ferocious, fierce, fiery, hard, harsh, highly seasoned, horny, hot, incisive, keen, keenly, live, lurid, marked, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, piercingly, poignant, poignantly, precise, pungent, pungently, quick, Randy, raw, razor-sharp, savage, scathing, scathingly, severe, sexy, sharp, sharp-edged, sharply, shrewd, shrill, sibilant, slashing, spanking, strict, strong, tangy, tart, tough, trenchant, twangy, vehement, venomous, virulent), anschneidend (broaching), abschneidend (segmenting). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χορτοκοπή (mowing), οδός σε όρυγμα (road in cutting, sunk road, trench for a road), τομή (caesura, cross section, cut, incision, scission, section), ταγιάρισμα (grinding), τάφρος (dike, ditch, fosse), τμήμα καθαρής επιφάνειας, αποκοπή (abruption, abscission, amputation, apocope, recision, severance), δηκτικόσ (acrimonious, biting, caustic, mordant, nippy, poignant, pointed, scathing, snappish, stinging), εργαλείο που κόβει τα σύρματα (pliers, wire cutters, wire nippers), καυστικόσ (caustic, hot, peppery, poignant, scorching, sweltering, sweltery, torrid, vitriolic), μόσχευμα (graft, transplant), σαρκαστικόσ (mordant, sarcastic, taunting, vitriolic), συρματοκόφτης (pliers, wire cutters, wire nippers), όρυγμα (excavation), κοπή (cut, gash), κατεργασία διά κοπής (shaping by cutting, working by cutting), άκερος (sharp). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

חריצה (deciding, sharpening), גדוע (cut off, felled, hewn), גדיעה (cutting down, felling), גזם, גזירה (cut, differentiation, snip), גיוץ (milling), גדום (amputated, amputation, crippled, cut, maimed), חציה (bisection, crossing, dividing into two), קטיעה (ablation, amputation, clipping), חתך (cut, incision, intersection, section, slash, slit, wound), עוקצני (cuspidal, pungent, sarcastic, waspish), קצוע, קצוי, קטע עתונות (cut out, press cutting), קטוע (amputation, choppy, cut, disjointed, fragmental, fragmentation, lopping off, partial), כריתה (ablation, abscission, excision, extirpation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vágó (cutter, Hewer, killer), vágás (bust, chop, cut, editing, gash, ripping, scarring, score, scotch, section, shear, slash, slit, stroke), szabás (cut, fashion, get-up). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

cangkok (false, graft, shoot, transplant), pengguntingan (snipping), pemangkasan (barbering, barbershop), anggur (grape, wine). (various references)

   

Italian

  

talea (slip), taglio (blade, clip, clipping, cut, cutoff, denomination, edge, gash, hack, kerf, length, section, slash, sliced, slot, style, styling), affilato (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, edgy, keen, lurid, sharp, thin). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

断裁 , 切り取り (burglar, burglary, cutting off, robber, robbery with assault, tearing off), 切り通し (excavation, opencut, sunken road), 切削 (a cut, machining), 切取り (burglar, burglary, cutting off, robber, robbery with assault, tearing off), 切断 (amputation, section, severance), 切通 (excavation, opencut, sunken road), カタン糸 (a couple, beauty parlour, cloth band worn around hair, clothes made from jersey cloth, cotton, coupling sugar, cup, cupboard, cupcake, cut, cut glass, cutlet, cutoff, cutter, cutter shirt, cutter shoes, kappa, raincoat), (carving, engraving, scratch, time), 剪裁 (pruning, shearing, trimming), 裁断 , 挿し木 (planting), 開削 (digging, excavation), 開鑿 (digging, excavation), 裁ち (cut), 裁ち上がり (styling), 裁ち方 (cut), 裁ち