Definition of cutting

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• cutting is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• cutting is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• cutting is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of cutting

• an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. clipping
  2. newspaper clipping
  3. press clipping
  4. press cutting
• the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. cut
• the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. film editing
• the act of diluting something (noun)

  Examples

  1. the cutting of whiskey with water

  Synonyms

  1. thinning
• the act of cutting something into parts (noun)

  Examples

  1. his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess

  Synonyms

  1. cut
• a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. slip
• (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character (adjective)

  Examples

  1. cutting remarks

  Synonyms

  1. edged
  2. stinging
• the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. cut
  2. cutting off
• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a cutting wind

  Synonyms

  1. keen
  2. knifelike
  3. lancinate
  4. lancinating
  5. piercing
  6. stabbing
• removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. carving
• the division of a deck of cards before dealing (noun)

  Examples

  1. the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual

  Synonyms

  1. cut
• unpleasantly cold and damp (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. bleak
  2. raw
• a piece cut off from the main part of something (noun)

See definition of cutting in Merriam Webster