cutting
/ˈkʌtɪŋ/ adjective C2- That is used for cutting. · I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
- Piercing, sharp.
- Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful; curt. · The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
- Of a beverage: half-sized. · a cutting chai
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AN OLD MAN was employed in cutting wood in the forest, and, in carrying the faggots to the city for sale one day, became very wearied with his long journey.
There was the sharp pinnacle of granite still cutting the lower edge of the moon, but its peak bore no trace of that silent and motionless figure.
Eventually, as we know, she adopted the expedient of cutting out the words which would form the message, and addressing the letter in a disguised hand.
I’m going to weep all the time you’re cutting it off, if it won’t interfere.
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