cutting

(kŭt'ĭng)

1. Capable of or designed for incising, shearing, or severing: a cutting tool.
2. Sharply penetrating; piercing: a cutting wind.
3. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings of others: a cutting remark. See synonyms at incisive.

1. A part cut off from a main body.
2. A part, such as a stem, leaf, or root, removed from a plant to propagate a new plant, as through rooting or grafting.
3. An excavation made through high ground in a construction project.
4. The editing of film or recording tape.
5. Chiefly British. A clipping, as from a newspaper.

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adjective

So sharp as to cause mental pain: acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, astringent, biting, caustic, corrosive, mordacious, mordant, pungent, scathing, sharp, slashing, stinging, trenchant, truculent, vitriolic. See attack/defend, respect/contempt/standing.

Definition: nasty, hateful
Antonyms: kind, nice, pleasant

A short piece of lumber resulting from crosscutting or ripping operations.

In the world of viticulture, a cutting refers to a short, woody shoot removed from a grapevine to propogate a new plant through grafting. The plant from which a cutting is taken is called a "parent vine."

A part of a plant removed from its parent and treated so that it produces roots and shoots and becomes a new plant. Most cuttings are taken from stems or shoots, but sometimes leaf or root cuttings are used.

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1. A term that means adulterated, extended, cheapened, or diluted.
   
2. A specific group of materials associated with a crop lot, a variation of a crop, lot, or species.
   
3. A removal of a portion of a material (usually the top note or lower boiling volatiles) by distillation. See Adulteration, Crop-to-Crop Deviation.
   

1. a gait defect in horses. See brushing.
2. severing tissue, as with a blade, knife or scissors.

• press c. — a technique for making an incision with a scalpel blade in which there is increasing pressure in the same direction the blade is being moved.
• slide c. — pressure is applied at right angles to the movement of the blade. Safer and better controlled than press cutting when dissecting.

• Farming and Crops - cutting: plant section from leaf, stem, or root capable of developing into new plant
• Practice, Tools, and Techniques - cutting: portion of plant removed and induced to propagate
• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish

For other uses, see Cutting (disambiguation).

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Different types of scissors - sewing (left), paper (middle), kitchen (right)

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 or in medical cases the scalpel. 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 also describes the action of a saw which removes material in the process of cutting.

Cutting is a compressive and shearing phenomenon, and occurs only 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.

Tools commonly used for cutting

A glass cutter, showing hardened steel cutting wheel (far left), notches for snapping, and ball (on end of handle) for tapping

• Abrasive saw
• Axe
• Blade
• Bandsaw
• Chainsaw
• Circular saw
• Cutting tool (machining)
• Diamond blade
• Diamond tool
• Drill bit
• Fingernail
• File
• Front teeth
• Glass cutter
• Grater
• Hacksaw
• Hand saw
• Knife
• Laser
• Machete
• Mezzaluna
• Milling cutter
• Miter saw
• Nail clipper
• Nibbler
• Pizza cutter
• Plasma cutter
• Razor blade
• Saw
• Scalpel
• Scissors
• Switchblade
• Sword
• Tool bits
• Water jet cutter

See also

• Tearing

External links

• Optimum blade configurations for the cutting of soft solids
• How stuff works - Handsaws

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udklip, stikling, gennemskæring
adj. - skarp, sårende

idioms:

• cutting edge    forkant
• cutting room    klipperum

Nederlands (Dutch)
knipsel, stek, scherp, bijtend, grievend, uitgraving, het snijden, montage, oogst, opname, kwetsend

Français (French)
n. - coupe, coupage, (Tech) cisaillage, découpage, (Cin) montage, réduction (des salaires), rabais (des prix), rognage (des bords), coupon, bout d'étoffe, bouture, sarment, coupure (de journal), (Constr) tranchée, déblai
adj. - tranchant, cinglant, glacial, mordant, blessant, incisif

idioms:

• cutting edge    le tranchant
• cutting room    salle de montage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ableger, Schneiden, Senkung
adj. - schneidend

idioms:

• cutting edge    Schneide, Avantgarde einer Bewegung
• cutting room    Schneideraum

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κόψιμο, κοπή, τμήση, τομή, ξεμασκαλίδα, μόσχευμα, απόκομμα, εκσκαφή, εκχωμάτωση
adj. - κοφτερός, διαπεραστικός, δηκτικός, οδυνηρός

idioms:

• cutting edge    αιχμή, πρώτη γραμμή (π.χ. της τεχνολογίας)
• cutting room    δωμάτιο του μοντάζ

Italiano (Italian)
talea, ritaglio, pungente, straziante, offensivo

idioms:

• cutting edge    avanguardia
• cutting room    sala di montaggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - corte (m)
adj. - cortante

idioms:

• cutting edge    gume (m)
• cutting room    sala (f) de operação

Русский (Russian)
монтаж, вырезка, пронизывающий, язвительный

idioms:

• cutting edge    передний край
• cutting room    монтажная

Español (Spanish)
n. - esqueje, recorte
adj. - cortante, agudo, mordaz, ofensivo, injurioso, incisivo, punzante

idioms:

• cutting edge    filo cortante
• cutting room    sala de montaje o edición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skärande, huggning, ignorerande (vard.), underförsäljning (hand. vard.), avskuret stycke, remsor, inskärning (järnv.), urklipp, stickling (trädg.)
adj. - skärandes, vass, sårande, bitande (vind)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
切断, 开凿, 切下, 作切割用的, 伤人感情的, 锐利的, 锋利的, 挖苦的

idioms:

• cutting edge    尖端
• cutting room    剪接室

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 切斷, 開鑿, 切下
adj. - 作切割用的, 傷人感情的, 銳利的, 鋒利的, 挖苦的

idioms:

• cutting edge    尖端
• cutting room    剪接室

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 절단, 자투리, 할인 판매
adj. - 예리한, 통렬한, 날카로운

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 切ること, 切断, 裁断, 切り枝, 切り通し, 切り抜き, 編集, カッティング
adj. - 鋭利な, 身を切るような, しんらつな

idioms:

• cutting edge    刃, 切刃
• cutting room    編集室

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قصاصه, نفق مفتوح للقطارات, فسيله نبات (صفه) (رياح) باردة و حادة, (كلام) جارح, قارص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קטע-עיתון, תגזיר, ייחור, מעבר חצוב, עריכת סרטים‬
adj. - ‮חד, פוגע, עוקץ, חותך‬

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