cut down

Verb
  1. Cut down on;
    Make a reduction in (synset 200430013)
    "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
    is a type of: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller
    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
    same as: bring down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
    verb group: cut - have a reducing effect
  2. Cut with sweeping strokes;
    As with an ax or machete (synset 201325339)
    is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
    same as: slash
  3. 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 weapon
    subtypes: submarine - bring down with a blow to the legs
    same as: down, knock down, pull down, push down
  4. 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 runs
    is 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 of
    same as: cut out
  5. Cut with a blade or mower (synset 201322222)
    "mow the grass"
    is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
    subtypes: scythe - cut with a scythe
    same as: mow
  6. 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 way
    is a type of: cut - separate with or as if with an instrument
    subtypes:
    same as: drop, fell, strike down

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