D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Cutting

/(kŭt"tĭng)/ · Cut·ting · IPA /ˈkʌtɪŋ/
01 n. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.
  2. 2.
    Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut.
02 a. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
  1. 1.
    Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
  2. 2.
    Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
  3. 3.
    Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply; a cutting remark.