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.
cut. vb, cuts, cutting or cut. 1. to open up or incise (a person or thing) with a sharp edge or instrument; gash. 2. (of a sharp instrument) to penetrate or incise (a person or thing). 3. to divide or be divided with or as if with a sharp instrument: cut a slice of bread. 4. (intr) to use a sharp-edged instrument or an instrument that cuts. 5. (tr) to trim or prune by or as if by clipping: to cut hair.