cutting

noun

• 1the action of someone or something that cuts:the cutting of the cake tax-cutting

• 2 (often cuttings) a piece cut off from something, especially what remains when something is being trimmed or prepared:grass cuttings
• a piece cut from a plant for propagation.
• British a clipping from a newspaper or periodical.

• 3an open passage excavated through higher ground for a railroad, road, or canal.

adjective

• capable of cutting something:the cutting blades of the hedge trimmer
• (especially of a comment) causing emotional pain; hurtful:a cutting remark
• (of the wind) bitterly cold.