vb, cut  cut*ting vt  1 a  :  to penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument  b  :  to cut or operate on in surgery: as (1)  :  to subject (a domestic animal) to castration (2)  :  to perform lithotomy on  c  :  to experience the emergence of (a tooth) through the gum  2  :  to subject to trimming or paring < one's nails>  vi  1  :  to function as or in the manner of an edged tool <a knife that s well>   2  :  to cut in surgery  :  OPERATE
n 1  :  a product of cutting: as  a  :  an opening made with an edged instrument  b  :  a wound made by something sharp  2  :  a stroke or blow with the edge of a sharp implement (as a knife) .
 
 
 
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