Cutting is the separation of a physical object, into two or more portions,
Implements commonly used for cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scalpel and microtome.
Cutting is a compressive and shearing phenomenon,
The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
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Used in the Middle of Sentence
Spelching can be avoided by cutting from the outside face in where possible.
Because they are generally quite thick, old telephone books are sometimes used in informal tests of a weapon's cutting ability.
Driving 300 miles on one tank of gas was cutting it close, but we arrived safely.
Meaning of cutting for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "cutting" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.