cutting

cutting
1 noun (C)
1 a stem or leaf that is cut from a plant and put in soil or water to grow into a new plant
2 BrE a piece of writing that is cut from a newspaper, magazine etc; clipping (1) AmE: press/newspaper cuttings: Margot had sent him a bunch of press cuttings about the wedding
3 BrE something that is produced by cutting, especially a passage cut through a hill for a road or railway; cut 2 (12) AmE
2 adjective
1 very unkind and intended to upset someone: Danny can be so cutting at times. | Sue made a cutting remark about my clothes.
2 a cutting wind is very cold and you can feel it through your clothes
3 be (at) the cutting edge of sth to be the most advanced form of an activity, in which the newest methods, systems, equipment etc are developed and used: The information highway is the cutting edge of the electronic revolution.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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