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(heading) To incise, to cut into the surface of something.

To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

(heading, social) To separate, remove, reject or reduce.

(audio, usually as imperative) To cease recording activities.

Example: After the actors read their lines, the director yelled, "Cut!"

The action of the verb to cut.

Example: How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?

A section removed from a larger whole.

An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.

Example: The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.

An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.

That is used for cutting.

Example: I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.

Piercing, sharp.

Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful.

Example: The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.

Of a beverage: half-sized.

Example: a cutting chai