English Explanatory Dictionary

cut down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut downward.
  2. To adulterate a drug.
  3. To bring down by cutting.
  4. To insult, to belittle.
  5. To reduce the amount of something.
  6. To slay, often in great numbers.
  7. To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them.
  8. To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone).
adj
  1. Having been cut down; reduced in strength or power.

Pronunciation

en-au-cut down.ogg

Word forms

cut down cuts down cutting down more cut down most cut down

Related words

cut up shoot down

Derived words

cut-down cut down the tall poppy cut down to size
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