CUTTING OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of shortening something by chopping off the ends

Example:

the barber gave him a good cut

Synonyms:

cut; cutting; cutting off

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cutting off" is a kind of...):

shortening (act of decreasing in length)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting off"):

clip; clipping; snip (the act of clipping or snipping)

haircut (the act of cutting the hair)

clipping; trim; trimming (cutting down to the desired size or shape)

shearing (removing by cutting off or clipping)

Meaning:

The act of cutting something off

Synonyms:

abscission; cutting off

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cutting off" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutting off"):

circumcision (the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males)