cut down

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verb

1. cut down on;
make a reduction in (Freq. 8)
- reduce your daily fat intake
- The employer wants to cut back health benefits
• Syn:
reduce, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back,
cut, bring down
• Derivationally related forms:
trim (for: trim), cutback (for: cut back), reductive (for: reduce), reduction (for: reduce)
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Hyponyms:
shorten, spill, quench, retrench, slash,
thin out, thin, take away, detract, deflate, inflate,
downsize, subtract, shave, knock off
• Verb Group:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cut with sweeping strokes;
as with an ax or machete (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
slash
• Derivationally related forms:
slash (for: slash), slasher (for: slash)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They cut down the trees
3. cause to come or go down (Freq. 1)
- The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
- The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet
• Syn:
down, knock down, push down, pull down
• Derivationally related forms:
downer (for: down)
• Hypernyms:
strike
• Hyponyms:
submarine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- The fighter managed to cut down his opponent
4. intercept (a player) (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
cut out
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. cut with a blade or mower
- mow the grass
• Syn:
mow
• Derivationally related forms:
mow (for: mow), mower (for: mow)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Hyponyms:
scythe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They cut down rye in the field
6. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
- strike down a tree
- Lightning struck down the hikers
• Syn:
fell, drop, strike down
• Derivationally related forms:
feller (for: fell), fell (for: fell)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Hyponyms:
chop down, poleax, poleaxe, log, lumber, cut
• Cause:
descend, fall, go down, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- They cut down the trees