ALL meanings of cut down
cut down
C c - 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
- noun cut down to cause to fall by cutting; fell 3
- noun cut down to kill, as by shooting 3
- noun cut down to reduce; lessen 3
- noun cut down to humiliate, humble, etc. by criticizing sharply 3
- noun cut down a piece cut off: a cut of a pie. 1
- noun cut down Informal. a share, especially of earnings or profits: His agent's cut is 20 percent. 1
- noun cut down a haircut, often with a styling. 1
- noun cut down a reduction in price, salary, etc. 1
- noun cut down the manner or fashion in which anything is cut: the cut of a dress. 1
- noun cut down style; manner; kind: We need a man of his cut in this firm. 1
- noun cut down a passage or course straight across or through: a cut through the woods. 1
- noun cut down an excision or omission of a part. 1
- noun cut down a part or quantity of text deleted or omitted. 1
- noun cut down a quantity cut, especially of lumber. 1
- noun cut down a refusal to recognize an acquaintance. 1
- noun cut down an act, speech, etc., that wounds the feelings. 1
- noun cut down an engraved plate or block of wood used for printing. 1
- noun cut down a printed picture or illustration. 1
- noun cut down an absence, as from a school class, at which attendance is required. 1
- noun cut down Butchering. part of an animal usually cut as one piece. 1
- noun cut down Cards. a cutting of the cards. 1
- noun cut down Sports. the act of cutting a ball. the spin imparted. 1
- noun cut down Fencing. a blow with the edge of the blade instead of the tip. 1
- noun cut down one of several pieces of straw, paper, etc., used in drawing lots. 1
- noun cut down Movies, Television. the instantaneous or gradual transition from one shot or scene to another in an edited film. an edited version of a film. Compare rough cut, final cut. an act or instance of editing a film. 1
- noun cut down an individual song, musical piece, or other similar material on a record or tape. 1
- noun cut down any product of the fractional distillation of petroleum. 1
- idioms cut down a cut above, somewhat superior to another (thing, person, etc.) in some respect: Her work is a cut above anyone else's. 1
- idioms cut down cut a caper / figure, to perform a spirited, brief, outlandish dance step, especially as a result of euphoria. 1
- idioms cut down cut a figure, cut a caper. to give a certain impression of oneself: He cut a distinguished figure in his tuxedo. 1
- idioms cut down cut and run, Nautical. to cut the anchor cable and set sail, as in an emergency. to leave as hurriedly as possible; flee. 1
- idioms cut down cut back, to shorten by cutting off the end. to curtail or discontinue: Steel production has been cut back in recent months. to return to an earlier episode or event, as in the plot of a novel. Football. to reverse direction suddenly by moving in the diagonally opposite course. 1
- idioms cut down cut both ways, to have, produce, or result in advantages as well as disadvantages: This decision will inevitably cut both ways. 1
- idioms cut down cut / chop down to size, to reduce the stature or importance of: The novelist had a big ego until the critics cut him down to size. 1
- idioms cut down cut it, Informal. to achieve or maintain a desired level of performance: The aging football player decided he couldn't cut it any longer and retired. to be effective or successful; satisfy a need. 1
- idioms cut down cut it out, Informal. to stop doing something: That hurts! Cut it out! 1
- idioms cut down cut no ice. ice (def 25). 1
- idioms cut down cut out for, fitted for; capable of: He wasn't cut out for military service. 1
- intransitivephrasal verb cut down reduce consumption 1
- intransitivephrasal verb cut down reduce, consume less of 1
- transitivephrasal verb cut down reduce 1
- transitive verb+adverb cut down tree: fell 1
- transitivephrasal verb cut down kill, strike down 1
- verb with object cut down to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger. 1