cut down

Speech parts

1. cut down - Adjective

2. cut down - Verb

3. cut down - Phrase

Meaning

cut down on; make a reduction in

intercept (a player)

cause to come or go down

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

cut with a blade or mower

cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

cut-down

Synonyms

cut reduce fell drop trim slash mow knock down bring down cut back strike down trim back trim down pollard downing
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Antonyms

increase add expand extend compound spend
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Hypernyms

contain cut minify stop strike decrease

Hyponyms

cut deflate scythe thin submarine lumber

Examples

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. Adlai Stevenson II

War is possible only if you have a lot of enemies. If all the enemies get together and form one front - if you cut down the number of enemies - there would be no war. Albert Kesselring

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts. C. S. Lewis

A little axe can cut down a big tree. Jamaican Proverb

Useful trees are cut down first. Korean Proverb

Without an ax no tree can be cut down. Tibetan Proverb

Words in the phrase

cut down

Close letter words and terms

cut dead cut diamond cut diamond crystal cut down on weight cut down the tall poppy cut down to size