cut down

/kət daʊn/

/kət daʊn/

Other forms: cutting down; cuts down

Definitions of cut down

1. verb

   cause to come or go down
   synonyms: down, knock down, pull down, push down

   types:

   submarine

   bring down with a blow to the legs

   type of:

   strike, zonk

   deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
2. verb

   cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
   synonyms: slash

   type of:

   cut

   separate with or as if with an instrument
3. verb

   cut with a blade or mower
   synonyms: mow

   types:

   scythe

   cut with a scythe

   type of:

   cut

   separate with or as if with an instrument
4. verb

   cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
   synonyms: drop, fell, strike down

   types:

   chop down

   cut down

   poleax, poleaxe

   fell with or as if with a poleax

   log, lumber

   cut lumber, as in woods and forests

   cut

   fell by sawing; hew

   type of:

   cut

   separate with or as if with an instrument
5. verb

   intercept (a player)
   synonyms: cut out

   type of:

   arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back

   hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
6. verb

   cut down on; make a reduction in
   synonyms: bring down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down

   cut

   have a reducing effect

   types:

   shorten

   make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

   spill

   reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)

   quench

   reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

   retrench

   make a reduction, as in one's workforce

   slash

   cut drastically

   thin out

   make sparse

   thin

   make thin or thinner

   detract, take away

   take away a part from; diminish

   deflate

   reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices

   inflate

   increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value

   downsize

   reduce in size or number

   subduct, subtract

   take off or away

   knock off, shave

   cut the price of

   foreshorten

   shorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth

   clip, curtail, cut short

   terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

   syncopate

   omit a sound or letter in a word

   cut short, truncate

   make shorter as if by cutting off

   draw

   reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die

   clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trim

   cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

   mark down

   reduce the price of

   type of:

   decrease, lessen, minify

   make smaller