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chop down en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chop, down.
    • chop down a tree
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To curtail, shorten
    • In the final edit, the film was chopped down to two hours.
  3. (dated, slang, transitive) To attack (someone) with a knife; to kill (someone), especially by shooting with an automatic weapon.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chopping down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chops down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chopped down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chopped down Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (9)

de fällen (chop down a tree) · uk зруба́ти (chop down a tree) · pl ściąć (chop down a tree) · pl zrąbać (chop down a tree) · izh halettaa (chop down a tree) · pl ścinać (chop down a tree) · izh leikata (chop down a tree) · uk зру́бувати (chop down a tree) · pl rąbać (chop down a tree)