Synonyms: cut, cutting, cutting off
Definition: the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
Usage: the barber gave him a good cut
Definition: the act of diluting something
Usage: the cutting of whiskey with water; the thinning of paint with turpentine
Similar words: dilution
Definition: weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner
Definition: the act of cutting something into parts
Usage: his cuts were skillful; his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess
Similar words: division
Definition: the act or process of dividing
Definition: the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
Usage: his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels
Similar words: opening
Definition: becoming open or being made open
Usage: the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for
Definition: the division of a deck of cards before dealing
Usage: he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal; the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual
Similar words: division
Definition: the act or process of dividing
Definition: removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape
Similar words: creating by removal
Definition: the act of creating by removing something
Synonyms: cutting, film editing
Definition: the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film
Similar words: creating by removal
Definition: the act of creating by removing something
Synonyms: newspaper clipping, clipping, cutting, press clipping, press cutting
Definition: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
Usage: he searched through piles of letters and clippings
Similar words: excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
Definition: a passage selected from a larger work
Usage: he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings
Synonyms: cutting
Definition: a piece cut off from the main part of something
Definition: a portion of a natural object
Usage: they analyzed the river into three parts; he needed a piece of granite
Definition: a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
Definition: a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
Synonyms: lancinate, lancinating, keen, knifelike, stabbing, cutting, piercing
Definition: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Usage: a cutting wind; keen winds; knifelike cold; piercing knifelike pains; piercing cold; piercing criticism; a stabbing pain; lancinating pain
Similar words: sharp
Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
Usage: a sharp pain; sharp winds
Definition: unpleasantly cold and damp
Usage: bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Similar words: cold
Definition: having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
Usage: a cold climate; a cold room; dinner has gotten cold; cold fingers; if you are cold, turn up the heat; a cold beer
Synonyms: stinging, cutting, edged
Definition: (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
Usage: cutting remarks; edged satire; a stinging comment
Similar words: unkind
Definition: lacking kindness
Usage: a thoughtless and unkind remark; the unkindest cut of all