cut down
Verb
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Cut down on;
Make a reduction in (synset 200430013)"reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"subtypes:- shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
- spill - reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail)
- quench - reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- retrench - make a reduction, as in one's workforce
- slash - cut drastically
- thin out - make sparse
- thin - make thin or thinner
- detract, take away - take away a part from; diminish
- deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
- inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
- downsize - (of a company) reduce in size or number of employees
- subtract - take off or away
- knock off, shave - cut the price of
verb group: cut - have a reducing effect -
Cut with sweeping strokes;
As with an ax or machete (synset 201325339)is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrumentsame as: slash -
Cause to come or go down (synset 201242426)
"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"is a type of: strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weaponsubtypes: submarine - bring down with a blow to the legs
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Intercept (a player) (synset 201106920)
referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runsis a type of: arrest, check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back - hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence ofsame as: cut out
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Cut with a blade or mower (synset 201322222)
"mow the grass"is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrumentsubtypes: scythe - cut with a scythesame as: mow
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Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow (synset 201260866)
"strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"causes: come down, descend, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the wayis a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrumentsubtypes:
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