What does cut down mean?

cut down

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.15 in modern English

Syllables: cut -down
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verb

To cut downward.

Intransitive verb

verb

To adulterate a drug.

Transitive verb

verb

To bring down by cutting.

Transitive verb

verb

To insult, to belittle.

Transitive verb

verb

To reduce the amount of something.

verb

To slay, often in great numbers.

Dated

verb

To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them.

Intransitive verb; Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone).

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"We need to cut the cocaine down."
"They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot."
"He wants to cut down on extra steps."
"Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar."
"By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only."
"I will cut you down where you stand."

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Inflected Forms

cuts down (present, singular) cutting down (participle, present) more cut down (comparative) most cut down (superlative)

Phrases

cut-down cut down the tall poppy cut down to size cut up shoot down

Frequently Paired Words

cut up shoot down

Synonyms

reduce cut back trim trim down trim back cut bring down cut out

cut down

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