Dictionary

cut down en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Having been cut down; reduced in strength or power.

Forms

Relateds

shoot down · cut up

cut down en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (intransitive, literally) To cut downward.
2. (literally, transitive) To adulterate a drug.
   • We need to cut the cocaine down.
3. (transitive) To bring down by cutting.
   • They want to cut down several trees to make room for the parking lot.
4. (idiomatic, transitive) To insult, to belittle.
5. (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
   • By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only. 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:
   • He wants to cut down on extra steps.
   • Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.
6. (dated, idiomatic) To slay, often in great numbers.
   • I will cut you down where you stand.
7. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them.
8. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone).

Forms

Deriveds

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

Translations (40)

uk зруба́ти (bring down a tree) · az kəsmək (bring down a tree) · cmn 砍倒 (bring down a tree) · ang āhēawan (bring down a tree) · he כָּרַת (bring down a tree) · gl pinchar (bring down a tree) · io abatar (bring down a tree) · fr abattre (bring down a tree) · cu сѣщи (bring down a tree) · gl cortar (bring down a tree) · fr réduire (reduce the amount of something) · eo dehaki (bring down a tree) · he חָטַב (bring down a tree) · fr diminuer (reduce the amount of something) · ang fiellan (bring down a tree) · az ixtisar etmək (reduce the amount of something) · ru спиливать (bring down a tree) · txb kärst- (bring down a tree) · de fällen (bring down a tree) · ru снижа́ть (reduce the amount of something) · es talar (bring down a tree) · ru умалять (insult, belittle) · es bajarle los humos (insult, belittle) · de kürzen (reduce the amount of something) · uk зру́бувати (bring down a tree) · az alçaltmaq (insult, belittle) · ru уменьша́ть (reduce the amount of something) · ang fellan (bring down a tree) · ru сокраща́ть (reduce the amount of something) · cs pokácet (bring down a tree) · ru срубать (bring down a tree) · pt reduzir (reduce the amount of something) · nl vellen (bring down a tree) · cu исѣщи (bring down a tree) · fi kaataa (bring down a tree) · az azaltmaq (reduce the amount of something) · az ixtisara salmaq (reduce the amount of something) · de einschränken (reduce the amount of something) · fi vähentää (reduce the amount of something) · ru принижать (insult, belittle)