cutting

(s) (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
- cutting remarks
- edged satire
- a stinging comment
stinging, edged,
(s) unpleasantly cold and damp
- bleak winds of the North Atlantic
bleak, raw,
(s) 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
lancinate, lancinating, piercing, stabbing, knifelike, keen,

(n) the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film film editing,
(n) a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting slip,
(n) the act of cutting something into parts
- his cuts were skillful
- his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
cut,
(n) a piece cut off from the main part of something
(n) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- he searched through piles of letters and clippings
clipping, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting,
(n) removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape carving,
(n) the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal
- the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual
cut,
(n) the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
cut,
(n) the act of diluting something
- the cutting of whiskey with water
- the thinning of paint with turpentine
thinning,
(n) the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the barber gave him a good cut
cutting off, cut,

stinging edged film editing slip bleak raw lancinate lancinating piercing stabbing knifelike keen cut clipping newspaper clipping press clipping press cutting carving thinning cutting off

cutting angle cutting board cutting edge cutting-edge cutting implement cuttingly cutting off cutting out cutting room cutting tool