Cutting

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/

Synonyms for "cutting" (494 found)

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Closest matches (99)

Noun(15 words)

clippingpress clippingacerbic axing biting carving caustic chainsawing channeling chiselling choppering chopping cleaving clipcrop a photo

abbreviation abscission accidence acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrid acrimonious acute adulteration affix affixation algid allomorph amphibian amputation

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ana analects angiosperm annual anthology apocope aposiopesis apportionment appositiveaquatic plantarctic asperous astringent attribute attributive attrition bastardizingbelow zerobiennial bit biting bitterbitterly coldbleak borealbound morphemebrisk brumal budgeting butchering butt caustic chill chip chopping chunk clear-cut cleavage clip clipping clippings coldcold as charitycold as deathcold as icecold as marblecollectanea collection collop complement conjugationconstruction modifiercontamination contemptuous contraction corroding corrosive corruption cosmopolite crasis crisp crop

Adjective(1 words)

bleak

Verb(1 words)

chainsawed

Strong matches (148)

Noun(18 words)

cropping curtailing cutcutting offdicing dissections editingfilm editingfretsaw gash gashing gouging graft hewing incisive injuryjavelin thrustkeen

crumb curtailment cutcutting the piecuttings debasementdeciduous plantdeclension decrease decrementdeep structuredepletion depreciation derivation derogation detraction dichotomy dicot dicotyledondifference of form

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diluent dilution diminution dipdirect objectdisparagement dissolvent dividing division divvy doctoring dollopdouble edgeddouble-edged drastic driving edged effective elision ellipsis enclitic end enucleation ephemeral escharotic evergreen excerpta excerpts excessive excision exorbitant exotic extract extraction extracts extravagant extreme featheredged fierce filler fine fission florilegiumflowering plantflowers forceful forcibleform-function unitformative fortifying fragment fragmentsfree formfreezingfreezing coldfrigid function fungus furious gametophyte gathering gelid glacial gleaning gleanings gob gobbet great gruff gutsy gymnosperm harsh harvest harvesting hibernal hiemal hunk hurtful hydrophyte hyperboreanic analysisice coldice-cold ice-encrusted icelike icyimmediate constituent analysisimmoderate impairment imperative impressive incisive inclementindirect objectinfix infixation inflection ingoing intemperate intense invidious ironic irritating keen keen-edged

Adjective(4 words)

cutting actionedged edgier keen

Verb(1 words)

incising

Related words (247)

Adjective(9 words)

keenest knifelike lancinate lancinating piercing pointier raw stabbing stinging

knifelike laceration lacing lessening level levels lump malevolent malicious miscellanea miscellany modicum modifier moiety monocot monocotyl mordacious mordant morph morpheme

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morphemic analysismorphemics morphology morphophonemics morsel mutilation nervous nipping nippynose ticklingnose-tickling numbing nutting object outrageous paradigm parceling paring particle partition partitioning penetrating perennialphrase structurepiece piercing pinching piquant plant poignant pointed pollution polycot polycotyl polycotyledon portioning powerful predicate prefix prefixation probing proclitic pruning punchy pungent qualifier radical rank ranks rasher rationing raw razor-edged reaping reduction remission rending repartition resection resolutive resolvent retraction retrenchment rigorous ripping root rough sarcastic sardonic scathing scion scission scoop scorching scornful scrap sectionseed plantseedling sensational set severance severeshallow structureshard sharingsharing outsharp shaving shiver shortening shred shrinkage siberian sinewed sinewy slashing sleety slice slicing slip sliver slotslot and fillerslushy smithereen snack snappy snatch sneering snip snippet solvent sour spermatophyte spiking splinter splitting sporophyte stabbing stem stern stinging stitchstone coldstone-cold strata strident striking stringent strong structure stump subject subzero suffix suffixation supercooledsurface structuresurgery syncope syneresissyntactic analysissyntactic structuresyntactics syntax tagmeme tart tatter tearing telling thallophyte theme thinning tough trenchant triennial truncation two-edged unconscionableunderlying structurevascular plantvegetable vehement venomous vicious vigorous violent virulent vital vitriolic watering weed winterbound winterlike wintery wintry witheringword arrangementword formationword orderword-formation wounding

Noun(35 words)

knifing laceration lopping milling mortices mowingnews clippingnewspaper clippingpress cuttingrazorlike reap redaction sawing scathing scions scything sever severingshape trimmingsharp

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shearing shreddingshredding machineslice slicing slip slitting sniping snipping sprig swathing thinning trim trimming wound

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6 relation types

More general

27 entries

action communicationcreating by removalcriticism damage dilution division documentation editing excerpt excerption extractfilm editinginjury opening part

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More specific

25 entries

advert clippingarticle clippingbarbed remarkbiting commentbiting remarkcarving chopping crosscutcruel insultcutaway fade gash keenness lacerationmagazine clippingmincing

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Collocations

9 entries

cutting boardcutting classcutting edgecutting plancutting remarkscutting roomcutting room floorcutting speedcutting tool

Inflections

5 entries

cut cuts cuttingsmore cuttingmost cutting

Derivations

3 entries

cut cuttingly cuttings

similar

3 entries

cold sharp unkind

Translations

8 translations across 7 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

изрезка noun (section removed from a larger whole)

Finnish

1 entries

leike noun (section removed from a larger whole)

Malayalam

2 entries

കഷണം noun (section removed from a larger whole)
മുറി noun (section removed from a larger whole)

Portuguese

1 entries

corte noun (section removed from a larger whole)

Russian

1 entries

вы́резка noun (section removed from a larger whole)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

odrezak noun (section removed from a larger whole)

Swedish

1 entries

avsnitt noun (section removed from a larger whole)

Sample sentences

42 total sentences available.

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Your hair wants cutting.

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Banks are cutting lending to industrial borrowers.

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I'm cutting down on sweets.

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Cutting school is the first stage of delinquency.

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