cut down
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cut down on; make a reduction in
reduce your daily fat intake
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Sense 2 verb
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
cause to come or go down
The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sedative derivation
Sense 4 verb
intercept (a player)
Types & categories
- hold back hypernym
Related & opposite
- baseball domain topic
Sense 5 verb
cut with a blade or mower
mow the grass
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- hayloft derivation
- lawn mower derivation
Sense 6 verb
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
strike down a tree
Types & categories
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- come down causes
- fell derivation
- lumberjack derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reduction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cutback |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clipping |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reductive |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | cut |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shorten |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quench |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrench |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thin out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | detract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deflate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inflate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | downsize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subtract |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock off |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slasher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slash |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sedative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | submarine |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold back |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hayloft |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lawn mower |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scythe |
| 6 | causes | Related & opposite | come down |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fell |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lumberjack |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | chop down |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | poleax |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | lumber |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut |