acid vs cutting

acid

adj
  • Sour-tempered. 

  • Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar. 

  • Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic. 

  • Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock. 

noun
  • A sour substance. 

  • LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide. 

  • Any compound which yields H+ ions (protons) when dissolved in water; an Arrhenius acid. 

  • Any compound that easily donates protons to a base; a Brønsted acid. 

  • Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid. 

  • Any corrosive substance. 

cutting

adj
  • Of criticism, remarks, etc.: (potentially) hurtful. 

  • Of a beverage: half-sized. 

  • Piercing, sharp. 

  • That is used for cutting. 

noun
  • A section removed from a larger whole. 

  • The editing of film or other recordings. 

  • An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance. 

  • A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant. 

  • The action of the verb to cut. 

  • The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm. 

  • A newspaper clipping. 

  • An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through. 

  • The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material. 

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