OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 18381

cutting

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cortante
That is used for cutting.
I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
The power consumed in metal cutting is largely converted into heat near the cutting edge of the tool, and many of the economic and technical problems of machining are caused direct…
tajante
Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful; curt.
Poor Betsy had often been the subject of Tommy's jokes; many a cutting remark had been made about her dress, which, though clean and whole, was always poor and old-fashioned; [...]
The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
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📚 noun • entry_id 18380

cutting

/ˈkʌtɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cortamiento • corte • recortadura • recorte
The action of the verb to cut.
How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
The first stage of the demolition work consisted of removing, by oxy-acetylene cutting, the whole of the plate floor, cross-girders, and lattice parapets.
esqueje
A section removed from a larger whole.
Allison carried it all home, and then spent a long time that evening out on the back porch, wrapping up Ida's collection of rooted cuttings, each snuff tin and plastic cup in its o…
The method of propagating the Box is perfectly easy: it may be raised from cuttings, or from seed, or by layering. [...] For planting the cuttings, [Thomas] Hanbury says the month…
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