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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Driving 300 miles on one tank of gas was cutting it close, but we arrived safely.
Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.
This text explains in layperson's terms how supernutrition, magnetic therapy and other cutting edge therapies can offer hope to those suffering from so-called untreatable conditions.
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.