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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. cut downverb

    To bring down by cutting.

  2. cut downverb

    To insult, to belittle.

  3. cut downverb

    To reduce the amount of something.

ChatGPT

  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.

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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. Daniel Field:

    Human activity is causing deforestation on a massive scale, we know that the diversity of bird communities is impacted by the availability of forests -- when forests are cut down in favor of, for example, palm oil monoculture, bird diversity is slashed. It's probable that, if this kind of deforestation continues unabated, it will leave an indelible signature on the evolution of birdlife.

  2. Team Elliott:

    It’s something he does all the time. He runs into your left side constantly at other tracks and sometimes it does cut down your left side and other times it doesn't, he did it to me in Darlington a few weeks ago because he was tired of racing with me and whether he did it on purpose it does n’t matter. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP.

  3. Dr. Robert Anthony:

    Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to nothing.

  4. Anthony Fauci:

    I would like to appeal to this country, to the people in the country who are not vaccinated, to realize that we have the capability among ourselves to essentially cut down the time frame to getting the end of this pandemic.

  5. Raphael Warnock:

    In a moment when they’re trying to make voting harder and harder — trying to cut down early voting, because they saw your strength. Dealing with these voter ID laws, this is not about voter verification, this is about voter suppression. They’re still playing the same games.


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