cutting
cutting
Definition
cut·ting (kut′iŋ)
noun
- the act of one that cuts
- a piece cut off
- Brit. a clipping, as from a newspaper
- Brit. a passage for trains, cars, etc. cut through a hill or high ground; cut
- Hort. a slip or shoot cut away from a plant for rooting or grafting
adjective
- that cuts; for cutting; edged; sharp
- chilling or piercing
- wounding the feelings; sarcastic
cut′·tingly adverb
cutting
Synonyms
cutting
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- mechanize: A limited amount of hand-cutting still occurs and the two largest bogs in the LCA have been threatened by mechanized cutting in the past.
- root: Propagation: Root basal cuttings with bottom heat in early spring.
- insert: Insert several cuttings into pots of Seed & Cutting compost.
Converse of subject
- propagate: It can be propagated by cuttings, plant division or seed.
Adjective modifier
- semi-ripe: Root basal or softwood cuttings in spring or early summer or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer with bottom heat.
- rooted: Most of my time was spent potting all the rooted aspen cuttings.
- basal: Propagation: Root basal cuttings with bottom heat in early spring.
- rotational: This rotational cutting had the effect of letting light into the wood.
- genital: The women were then examined by a doctor to determine the presence of genital cutting.
- disused: The site is a steep sided disused railroad cutting consisting of limestone grassland with scrub.
Modifies a noun
- edge: The hit is made normally with the edge of the weapon, any surface, not just the traditional cutting edge.
Noun used with modifier
- softwood: Propagation Root hardwood cuttings in autumn or softwood cuttings in summer.
- peat: Marginal peat cutting has extended around most of the bog.
- grass: Grass cutting Use the online form to report problems with grass cutting in your area.
- hardwood: Propagation Root hardwood cuttings in autumn or softwood cuttings in summer.
- press: Press cuttings Coward faked ME to evade war in The Pink Paper, 13th.
- greenwood: Propagation: Take hardwood cuttings in winter or greenwood cuttings in early summer.
Preposition: of
- ribbon: The event will begin at 5.30pm and the cutting of the ribbon will take place at 6.25pm.
- perennial: January: root cuttings of some herbaceous perennials, shrubs and trees protected under glass.
- cake: Speeches were followed by the cutting of a huge cake baked by the local Eye baker, which fed almost all the people attending.
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