"cut and paste" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cuts and pastes [present, singular, third-person], cutting and pasting [participle, present], cut and pasted [participle, past], cut and pasted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> and paste<>}} cut and paste (third-person singular simple present cuts and pastes, present participle cutting and pasting, simple past and past participle cut and pasted)
  1. To compose a document by piecing together components of other documents.
    Sense id: en-cut_and_paste-en-verb-MQjMuO1q Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51
  2. (computing) To delete text or other data in one document and insert it in the same or a different one. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-cut_and_paste-en-verb-DCXhaDsC Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cut-and-paste Related terms: copy and paste, clipboard, copyright, plagiarism Translations (to cut and paste): transpoŝigi (Esperanto), ausschneiden und einfügen (German), cortar y pegar (Spanish), kes yapıştır (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'to cut and paste': 0 0

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