1. Capable of or designed for incising, shearing, or severing: a cutting tool.

2. Sharply penetrating; piercing: a cutting wind.

3. Injuring or capable of injuring the feelings of others: "He can say the driest, most cutting things in the quietest of tones" (Charlotte Brontë).

1. A part cut off from a main body.

2. A part, such as a stem, leaf, or root, removed from a plant to propagate a new plant, as through rooting or grafting.

3. An excavation made through high ground in a construction project.

4. The editing of film or recording tape.

5. Chiefly British A clipping, as from a newspaper.

6. Self-injury in which cuts are made in the skin.