The evolution of sexual reproduction is a major puzzle because asexual reproduction should be able to outcompete it as every young organism created can bear its own young. This implies that an asexual population has an intrinsic capacity to grow more rapidly with each generation.
Definition of cutting. 1  1 : given to or designed for cutting; especially : sharp, edged. 2  2 : marked by sharp piercing cold cutting winds. 3  3 : inclined or likely to wound the feelings of others especially because of a ruthless incisiveness a cutting remark.  4 : intense, piercing a cutting pain.
uk â /kÉËv/ us â /kÉËrv/. 1  C2 to make something by cutting into especially wood or stone, or to cut into the surface of stone, wood, etc.: âº 2  to cut thin pieces from a large piece of cooked meat: âº 3  to make something by cutting into esp. âº  To carve a large piece of cooked meat is to cut thin pieces from it: