Definition of cut down Cut down
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| cut down - intercept (a player) | ||
| cut out | ||
| arrest, turn back, contain, hold back, stop, check turn inside out or upside down | ||
| baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | ||
| cut down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" | ||
| reduce, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | ||
| minify, decrease, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| shorten become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" | ||
| spill reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) | ||
| quench cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| retrench make a reduction, as in one's workforce; "The company had to retrench" | ||
| slash cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" | ||
| thin out make sparse; "thin out the young plants" | ||
| thin make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution" | ||
| detract, take away take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" | ||
| inflate fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" | ||
| downsize reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff" | ||
| subtract take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French" | ||
| knock off, shave remove body hair with a razor | ||
| cut down - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" | ||
| fell, drop, strike down | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| chop down cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree" | ||
| poleax, poleaxe fell with or as if with a poleax | ||
| log, lumber enter into a log, as on ships and planes | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| cut down - cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" | ||
| mow | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| scythe cut with a scythe; "scythe grass or grain" | ||
| cut down - cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete | ||
| slash | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| cut down - cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" | ||
| down, knock down, push down, pull down | ||
| strike cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc" | ||
| submarine attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies" | ||
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Wiktionary 
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cut down
To bring down by cutting. -
cut down
To cut down on; to make a reduction in (especially costs, jobs, e.g. with financial and administrative acts). -
cut down
To knock somebody or cut something down, e.g. a tree.
