| Definition of 'cut down' |
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1. (verb) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
2. (verb) slash, cut down
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
3. (verb) down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull 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"
4. (verb) cut down, cut out
intercept (a player)
5. (verb) mow, cut down
cut with a blade or mower
"mow the grass"
6. (verb) fell, drop, strike down, cut down
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
"strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
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1. (verb) cut down
to reduce an amount or frequency
She's cutting down on alcohol.; We can't cut pollution down to zero.
2. cut down
(of tree) to make it fall with a tool
They cut down all the trees.
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Sense: to cause to fall by cutting
He has cut down the apple tree.
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Afrikaans: afkap |
Arabic: يَقْطَع |
Bulgarian: отрязвам |
Brazilian: derrubar |
Czech: porazit, pokácet |
German: fällen |
Danish: fælde |
Greek: κόβω |
Spanish: talar, cortar |
Estonian: maha lõikama |
Farsi: انداختن |
Finnish: kaataa |
French: abattre |
Hebrew: לִכְרוֹת |
Hindi: पेड़ काटना, गिराना |
Croatian: posjeći |
Hungarian: ledönt |
Indonesian: menebang |
Icelandic: fella |
Italian: abbattere |
Japanese: 切り倒す |
Korean: 베어 넘어뜰리다 |
Lithuanian: nukirsti |
Latvian: nocirst |
Malay: menebang |
Dutch: omhakken |
Norwegian: felle, hogge (ned) |
Polish: ścinać |
Persian: انداختن |
Pashto: اچول |
Portuguese: deitar abaixo |
Romanian: a doborî |
Russian: рубить |
Slovak: poraziť |
Slovenian: posekati |
Serbian: poseći |
Swedish: hugga ner, fälla |
Thai: โค่น |
Turkish: kesmek |
Taiwanese: 砍倒 |
Ukrainian: рубати |
Urdu: کاٹ کر گرانا |
Vietnamese: chặt |
Chinese: 砍倒 |
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