Definitions for cut down
cut down

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring downverb

   cut down on; make a reduction in

   "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

2. slash, cut downverb

   cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

3. down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull downverb

   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. cut down, cut outverb

   intercept (a player)

5. mow, cut downverb

   cut with a blade or mower

   "mow the grass"

6. fell, drop, strike down, cut downverb

   cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

   "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cut downverb

   To bring down by cutting.

2. cut downverb

   To insult, to belittle.

3. cut downverb

   To reduce the amount of something.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cut down

   "Cut down" is a phrasal verb that can hold several meanings depending on context. It could mean: 1. To reduce the amount or number of something. 2. To chop or saw a tree or other standing object so that it falls. 3. To criticise or belittle someone or something. 4. To cause to fall by striking, like to injure or kill. The definition varies based on the manner or context in which it is used.

Matched Categories

1. • Baseball
   • Cut
   • Decrease
   • Stop
   • Strike

How to pronounce cut down?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cut down in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cut down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cut down in a Sentence

1. Devin Cunningham:

   Actually I bulked up from 156 to 172 pounds and cut down to 146 pounds at 8 percent to 9 percent body fat.

2. Aneesh Srivastava:

   These companies know that with digital services you can cut down the number of people that need to work out of client locations and that visa costs do not pose a long-term threat, with legacy business shrinking, the larger digital becomes, the more it can move the needle in terms of top line growth.

3. Anna Malinowska:

   The problem is that several years ago there was an outbreak of bark beetle and it got worse, the only way to solve the problem is to cut down affected trees. This was not done and so the (infestation) spread.

4. Maher Canawati:

   We wait two seasons to make sure they are dead, that there is nothing green on them, before we cut them down, olive trees are holy trees for us, and we try as much as possible to turn all the trees that we cut down ... into eternal artefacts.

5. Herve Keita:

   They even cut the ripe pods off the trees, they loaded it all into the sacks and then they cut down the trees and set it all on fire.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cut down
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cut_Down
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com