cut down

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kuht doun]
- /kʌt daʊn/
- /kʌt daʊn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuht doun]
- /kʌt daʊn/

Definitions of cut down words

phrasal verb cut down If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it. 3
phrasal verb cut down If you cut down a tree, you cut through its trunk so that it falls to the ground. 3
verb cut down to fell 3
verb cut down to reduce or make a reduction (in) 3
verb cut down to remake (an old garment) in order to make a smaller one 3
verb cut down to kill 3

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Origin of cut down

First appearance:

before 1175

One of the 8% oldest English words

1175-1225; Middle English cutten, kytten, kitten, Old English *cyttan; akin to Old Swedish kotta to cut, Old Norse kuti little knife

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Parts of speech for Cut down

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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cut down popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for cut down

verb cut down

dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
hew — to strike forcibly with an ax, sword, or other cutting instrument; chop; hack.
kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
lop — to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.

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verb cut down

plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.

Just one Antonym for cut down

cut down

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Synonyms for cut down

verb cut down

Antonyms for cut down

verb cut down

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