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cut down

/ cut down /
verb/adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
intercept (a player)
Type of:
check turn back arrest
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
baseball baseball game ball
verb Sense 2
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"
"The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
Type of:
decrease lessen minify
Kinds of:
shorten quench retrench slash thin out
Derived:
trim trimming clipping cutback decrease
Verb group:
cut
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
cut with a blade or mower
"mow the grass"
Type of:
cut
Kinds of:
scythe
Derived:
hayloft mow lawn mower mower
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
Type of:
cut
Derived:
slash gash cut slice slasher
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective satellite Sense 5
cut down
"the tree is down"
Similar:
felled downed
verb Sense 6
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"
Type of:
strike
Kinds of:
submarine
Derived:
sedative sedative drug depressant downer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 7
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
"strike down a tree"
"Lightning struck down the hikers"
Type of:
cut
Kinds of:
chop down poleax poleaxe log lumber
Derived:
lumberman lumberjack feller faller fell
Causes:
descend fall go down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Semantic Complexity
61%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
2
Total Relationships
51
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

check turn back arrest decrease lessen minify shorten quench retrench slash thin out cut