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clear cutting

clear cutting is the present participle and gerund of clear cut.

Meaning of clear cut

Verb

clear cut (third-person singular simple present clear cuts, present participle clear cutting, simple past and past participle clear cut)

  1. (transitive) To remove all trees or vegetation from an area.

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Questions about clear cutting

What is clear cutting the present participle and gerund of?
Clear cutting is the present participle and gerund of clear cut.

Words near clear cutting in the dictionary

  1. clear blue water
  2. Clear Creek
  3. Clear Creek County
  4. clear cut
  5. clear cuts
  6. clear cutting
  7. clear game
  8. clear games
  9. Clear Hills County
  10. clear ice
  11. Clear Lake

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clear cutting (page history and authors); clear cut (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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