--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 98 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/98/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 98 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A line that bends smoothly without any sharp corners, like part of a circle.[↗](../../curve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bend in a road, river or path.[↗](../../curve/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a verb, to bend in a smooth line.[↗](../../curve/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Draw a curve, not a straight line.[↗](../../curve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The road curves around the lake.[↗](../../curve/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't cross near a curve; drivers can't see you.[↗](../../curve/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A circle is one long curve.[↗](../../curve/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rainbow made a curve across the sky.[↗](../../curve/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball curved into the goal.[↗](../../curve/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The curve of the broken dome was above his head.[↗](../../curve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **curved** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bent in a smooth round shape, not straight and with no sharp corners.[↗](../../curved/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) Moved or bent in a curve.[↗](../../curved/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A circle is made of one curved line.[↗](../../curved/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A cylinder has two flat faces and one curved surface.[↗](../../curved/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The road curved around the hill.[↗](../../curved/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The banana is long and curved.[↗](../../curved/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A rainbow is a curved band of colours.[↗](../../curved/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a straight line and a curved line.[↗](../../curved/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The spoon's curved back made my face look funny.[↗](../../curved/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The river curved through the valley.[↗](../../curved/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They were swans, and they curved their graceful necks, while their soft plumage shown with dazzling whiteness.[↗](../../curved/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **curvet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A horse's leap or prance, with its forelegs raised.[↗](../../curvet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To curvet is to leap or prance about like a horse, in a showy way.[↗](../../curvet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") (old use, riding term).[↗](../../curvet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The horse curvetted across the field.[↗](../../curvet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight's steed curveted in the courtyard.[↗](../../curvet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her pony curvets when it hears the music.[↗](../../curvet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **curvy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Curvy means having many curves or bends, not straight.[↗](../../curvy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A curvy woman has a rounded body shape with wide hips; it is a polite or admiring description.[↗](../../curvy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The curvy road went up the side of the mountain.[↗](../../curvy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a curvy line like a snake.[↗](../../curvy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The letter S is curvier than the letter L.[↗](../../curvy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The car slowed down on the curvy path.[↗](../../curvy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The river is curvy, with lots of bends.[↗](../../curvy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The vase has a curvy shape.[↗](../../curvy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The slide at the park is long and curvy.[↗](../../curvy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cushion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soft bag filled with stuffing, used to make a seat more comfortable or to lean on.[↗](../../cushion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that makes a hit or fall softer.[↗](../../cushion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a cushion of air".[↗](../../cushion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a verb, to make a blow or fall softer.[↗](../../cushion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I lay on the sofa with a cushion under my head.[↗](../../cushion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crash mat cushioned his fall.[↗](../../cushion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't throw cushions in the living room\![↗](../../cushion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air.[↗](../../cushion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bike helmets have foam to cushion your head.[↗](../../cushion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother put a whoopee cushion on my chair.[↗](../../cushion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And bring me also the golden cushion.’[↗](../../cushion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls\![↗](../../cushion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cushion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cuss** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) To cuss is to swear or curse, using rude words.[↗](../../cuss/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, dialect) A cuss is a person, often an awkward or unlucky one: a poor old cuss.[↗](../../cuss/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He began to cuss when the cart stuck in the mud.[↗](../../cuss/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't cuss in front of the little ones.[↗](../../cuss/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That old cuss never stops grumbling.[↗](../../cuss/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **custard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) A sweet yellow sauce made from milk, eggs or custard powder and sugar, poured over puddings.[↗](../../custard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A soft, set dessert of milk and eggs, often baked (egg custard, a custard tart).[↗](../../custard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US) Frozen custard, a kind of ice cream.[↗](../../custard/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK informal) A cowardly custard is a person who is easily frightened and unwilling to face danger.[↗](../../custard/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had apple crumble with custard.[↗](../../custard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The custard was hot and sweet.[↗](../../custard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran made egg custard tarts.[↗](../../custard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Custard thickens as it heats.[↗](../../custard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cornflour and water make a non-Newtonian «custard» you can run on.[↗](../../custard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I spilled custard down my jumper.[↗](../../custard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “So are you a cowardly custard.”[↗](../../custard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **custodian** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who looks after and guards something, such as a building or a collection.[↗](../../custodian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians.[↗](../../custodian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../custodian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **custody** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being kept by the police or in prison, usually while waiting to go to court: the suspect was taken into custody.[↗](../../custody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The legal right and duty to look after a child, especially after parents separate: his mum has custody.[↗](../../custody/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Care and keeping of something valuable: the museum has custody of the paintings.[↗](../../custody/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police took the thief into custody.[↗](../../custody/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He is being held in custody until the trial.[↗](../../custody/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the divorce, her parents share joint custody.[↗](../../custody/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her dad has custody of the children at weekends.[↗](../../custody/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The jewels were kept in safe custody at the bank.[↗](../../custody/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The suspect escaped from custody but was caught again.[↗](../../custody/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A man was arrested for having caused his death, and held in custody till a gallows was erected.[↗](../../custody/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **custom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A custom is a way of doing something that people in a place or group have done for a long time: it is a custom to give presents at Christmas.[↗](../../custom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A custom is a habit of a person: it was his custom to walk after dinner.[↗](../../custom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Customs is the place at an airport or border where officers check what people bring into the country.[↗](../../custom/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Custom-made means made specially for one person.[↗](../../custom/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's a custom in Japan to bow when you greet someone.[↗](../../custom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In our family, it's a custom to eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday.[↗](../../custom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We went through customs at the airport.[↗](../../custom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The customs officer checked our bags.[↗](../../custom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn the local customs before you travel.[↗](../../custom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His bike was custom-made for him.[↗](../../custom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank him according to our customs, Mowgli.”[↗](../../custom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.[↗](../../custom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.20.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../custom/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore shall ye keep My charge, that ye do not any of these abominable customs, which were done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.[↗](../../custom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../custom/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And it was a custom in Israel, (Prophets JDG.11.39, JPS 1917)[↗](../../custom/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for it is but a tree which one cutteth out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.[↗](../../custom/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.10.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../custom/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his band; (Prophets 1SA.2.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../custom/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **customarily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Usually or normally, as people traditionally do: gifts are customarily given at birthdays.[↗](../../customarily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* According to custom or habit: the class customarily lines up by the door.[↗](../../customarily/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gifts are customarily wrapped in coloured paper.[↗](../../customarily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Pupils customarily stand when a visitor enters.[↗](../../customarily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In many countries people customarily shake hands when they meet.[↗](../../customarily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The oldest person customarily cuts the cake.[↗](../../customarily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tea is customarily served at four o'clock in the story.[↗](../../customarily/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The total is customarily rounded to the nearest pound.[↗](../../customarily/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **customary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Customary means usual, what normally happens or what people traditionally do.[↗](../../customary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is customary to say thank you after a meal.[↗](../../customary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Japan it is customary to take off your shoes inside.[↗](../../customary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She arrived with her customary smile.[↗](../../customary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is customary to tip the waiter in the USA.[↗](../../customary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · As is customary, the youngest child cut the cake.[↗](../../customary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Shaking hands is customary when you meet someone.[↗](../../customary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He sat in his customary seat by the window.[↗](../../customary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In New Zealand a hongi is a customary Maori greeting.[↗](../../customary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In their village it was customary to celebrate the feast of St. Andrew the First-Called (November 30).[↗](../../customary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **customer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A customer is a person who buys things in a shop or uses a service, like a café or a hairdresser.[↗](../../customer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) An ugly customer is a person who is dangerous or difficult to deal with.[↗](../../customer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A waiter had 12 customers.[↗](../../customer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 8 customers left.[↗](../../customer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each customer bought 3 drinks.[↗](../../customer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many customers did he serve in all?[↗](../../customer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop was full of customers before the holiday.[↗](../../customer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The baker said hello to every customer.[↗](../../customer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Customers wait in a queue to pay.[↗](../../customer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs Brown is a regular customer at the café.[↗](../../customer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Cucullin was an ugly customer to meet with; and, the idea of the "cake" aforesaid flattened the very heart within him.[↗](../../customer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **cut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cut is to divide something or take a piece off with a knife or scissors.[↗](../../cut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To cut is to make something shorter: «cut hair», «cut the grass».[↗](../../cut/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To cut down is to make less: «cut down on sugar».[↗](../../cut/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A cut is a small wound where the skin is opened.[↗](../../cut/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A cut is a piece or a part taken off, or a share of money: «my cut».[↗](../../cut/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A cut is a fall in an amount: «a price cut», «cuts to the budget».[↗](../../cut/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (casual) «Cut it out!» means stop it; «cut in» means push into a queue or interrupt; «didn't make the cut» means was not chosen.[↗](../../cut/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (rude) «Cut the crap» means stop talking nonsense; «cut» or «gutted» (UK) means very upset.[↗](../../cut/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* (euphemism) «Job cuts» or «staff cuts» mean people lose their jobs.[↗](../../cut/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 10:* (formal) Exams say «divide into», «sever», «partition», «subdivide», «reduce» and «a reduction of».[↗](../../cut/#m10 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 11:* (informal) To cut someone loose means to set them free by cutting the ropes that tie them.[↗](../../cut/#m11 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ben cuts off 5 metres.[↗](../../cut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mia cuts a 12-metre rope into 4 equal pieces.[↗](../../cut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Anna cut the cake into 8 slices.[↗](../../cut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut out the star shape carefully.[↗](../../cut/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I cut my finger on the paper.[↗](../../cut/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the pizza in half.[↗](../../cut/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We took a short cut through the field.[↗](../../cut/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut it out, you two, or no TV\![↗](../../cut/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut the crap, how many biscuits did you take?[↗](../../cut/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") 3?[↗](../../cut/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop cut its prices by 5 dollars.[↗](../../cut/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A rope of a length of 12 metres is partitioned into 4 segments of equal length.[↗](../../cut/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") Determine the length of each segment.[↗](../../cut/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Many workers lost their jobs in the cuts.[↗](../../cut/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.[↗](../../cut/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cut/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.[↗](../../cut/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cut/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.[↗](../../cut/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.7.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cut/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Or where were the upright cut off?[↗](../../cut/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.4.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cut/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.[↗](../../cut/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.6.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cut/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'[↗](../../cut/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.54, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cut/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") **cute** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cute means pretty and lovable in a way that makes you smile, like a puppy or a baby.[↗](../../cute/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In American English, cute can mean attractive.[↗](../../cute/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cute can also mean clever in a slightly cheeky or annoying way («don't get cute with me»).[↗](../../cute/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Look at that cute little kitten\![↗](../../cute/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby was wearing a cute hat with ears.[↗](../../cute/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That's a cute drawing of your dog.[↗](../../cute/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She thinks hedgehogs are the cutest animals.[↗](../../cute/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy looked cute, but it chewed my shoe.[↗](../../cute/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop trying to be cute and answer the question.[↗](../../cute/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class made a cute video about recycling.[↗](../../cute/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · No wonder Brer Rabbit is so 'cute: he is nothing less than an incarnation of Buddha.[↗](../../cute/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cutlass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short sword with a slightly curved blade and one sharp edge, used by sailors and pirates in the past.[↗](../../cutlass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pirate drew his cutlass.[↗](../../cutlass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors in the navy once carried cutlasses.[↗](../../cutlass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain held a cutlass in one hand and a lantern in the other.[↗](../../cutlass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has an old naval cutlass.[↗](../../cutlass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Hand over the treasure!» growled the pirate, waving his cutlass.[↗](../../cutlass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A cutlass is shorter than most swords.[↗](../../cutlass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was fierce struggle, in which the cutlass was torn from the pirate’s grasp.[↗](../../cutlass/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cutlery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cutlery is the knives, forks and spoons you use for eating and serving food.[↗](../../cutlery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please put the cutlery on the table.[↗](../../cutlery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cutlery is in the top drawer.[↗](../../cutlery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We used plastic cutlery at the picnic.[↗](../../cutlery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash the cutlery after dinner.[↗](../../cutlery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Knives, forks and spoons are all cutlery.[↗](../../cutlery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold your cutlery properly at the table.[↗](../../cutlery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A piece of cutlery fell on the floor.[↗](../../cutlery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cutter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cutter is a tool or machine used for cutting, like a pastry cutter, wire cutters or a paper cutter.[↗](../../cutter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cutter is also a person whose job is to cut things, like cloth or stone.[↗](../../cutter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A cutter is a small fast boat or a ship used by the coast guard.[↗](../../cutter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We used a star-shaped cutter for the biscuits.[↗](../../cutter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad cut the wire with wire cutters.[↗](../../cutter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only use the craft cutter with a teacher.[↗](../../cutter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Roll the pizza cutter across the pizza.[↗](../../cutter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coast guard cutter sped across the bay.[↗](../../cutter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cutter at the stone yard shaped the stone.[↗](../../cutter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The houses all looked cookie-cutter, exactly the same.[↗](../../cutter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut away from your fingers when using a cutter.[↗](../../cutter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Long, long ago, there lived an old bamboo wood-cutter.[↗](../../cutter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **cutting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* As part of the verb, cutting means using a knife, scissors or other sharp tool to divide or open something now.[↗](../../cutting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cutting is a small piece cut from a plant so that it grows into a new plant.[↗](../../cutting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A cutting (UK) is a piece cut out of a newspaper.[↗](../../cutting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Cutting (adjective) describes words that are unkind and hurt: «a cutting remark», or wind that is very cold.[↗](../../cutting/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am cutting out shapes for the poster.[↗](../../cutting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a board when cutting vegetables.[↗](../../cutting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Always cut away from your hand.[↗](../../cutting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We grew a new plant from a cutting.[↗](../../cutting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma keeps newspaper cuttings in a box.[↗](../../cutting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A cutting wind blew off the sea.[↗](../../cutting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop cutting in the queue\![↗](../../cutting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a cutting thing to say.[↗](../../cutting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Barbecue, Flint—what house?” came the cutting retort.[↗](../../cutting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workmanship.[↗](../../cutting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.31.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cutting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship.[↗](../../cutting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.35.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cutting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you: I am the LORD.[↗](../../cutting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cutting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast forfeited thy life.[↗](../../cutting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.2.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cutting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.[↗](../../cutting/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.48.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cutting/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/96/) [97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/97/) **98** [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/97/) - next →: [page 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ↑ back to [The English 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