'cut down' definitions:

Definition of 'cut down'

verb

Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" [syn: reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down]

verb

Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete [syn: slash, cut down]

verb

Cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" [syn: down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down]

verb

Intercept (a player) [syn: cut down, cut out]

verb

Cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: mow, cut down]

verb

Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell, drop, strike down, cut down]

Synonyms of 'cut down'

From: Moby Thesaurus

abbreviate,
abridge,
abstract,
annihilate,
beat down,
bereave of life,
blow down,
blow over,
blow to pieces,
blow up,
bob,
boil down,
bowl down,
bowl over,
brain,
break down,
bring down,
bulldog,
bulldoze,
burn down,
burn to death,
capsulize,
carry away,
carry off,
cast down,
chloroform,
chop down,
clip,
compress,
condense,
contract,
crop,
curtail,
curtail expenses,
cut,
cut back,
cut corners,
cut off,
cut off short,
cut short,
cut to pieces,
damp,
dampen,
dash down,
deal a deathblow,
deck,
decrease,
deduct,
deflate,
depreciate,
depress,
deprive of life,
destroy,
diminish,
disintegrate,
dispatch,
dispose of,
do away with,
do for,
do to death,
dock,
down,
downgrade,
drop,
elide,
end,
epitomize,
execute,
exterminate,
fell,
fetch down,
finish,
finish off,
flatten,
floor,
foreshorten,
frag,
give the quietus,
ground,
gun down,
hew down,
immolate,
incinerate,
jugulate,
kill,
knock down,
knock over,
lapidate,
launch into eternity,
lay level,
lay low,
lay out,
lessen,
level,
liquidate,
lower,
lynch,
make away with,
mark down,
martyr,
martyrize,
mow,
mow down,
nip,
pare,
pare down expenses,
pistol,
poison,
poleax,
poll,
pollard,
precipitate,
prostrate,
prune,
pull down,
purge,
put away,
put down,
put to death,
put to sleep,
rase,
raze,
reap,
recap,
recapitulate,
reduce,
remove from life,
retrench,
riddle,
roll back,
sacrifice,
scale down,
send headlong,
shave,
shear,
shoot,
shoot down,
shoot to death,
shorten,
shotgun,
silence,
simplify,
slash,
slay,
slow down,
smash,
snub,
spread-eagle,
stab to death,
starve,
steamroller,
step down,
stone,
stone to death,
strike dead,
stunt,
sum up,
summarize,
supinate,
synopsize,
take a reef,
take down,
take from,
take in,
take life,
take off,
tear down,
telescope,
throw,
throw down,
topple,
trim,
trip,
truncate,
tumble,
tune down,
vaporize,
whack down

Words containing 'cut down'

Cut,
Cut Off,
Cutting,
Cuttingly,
To cut down,
To cut in,
To cut into,
To cut off,
To cut out,
To cut under,
To cut up,
cut in,
cut into,
cut it out,
cut out,
cut through,
cut to,
cut up,
cutting off,
cutting out,
A cut in rates,
A short cut,
Cut Bank,
Cut Off, LA,
Cut and Shoot,
Cut and dried,
Cut and longtail,
Cut cavendish,
Cut film,
Cut flowers,
Cut glass,
Cut nail,
Cut stone,
Cut-off,
Cut-out,
Cutting die,
Fine cut,
Glass cutting,
Side cut,
To cut a caper,
To cut a curlycue,
To cut a dash,
To cut a dido,
To cut a feather,
To cut a figure,
To cut a play,
To cut across,
To cut and run,
To cut both ways,
To cut corners,
To cut lots,
To cut rates,
To cut short,
To cut stick,
To cut teeth,
To cut the cards,
To cut the knot,
To cut to pieces,
To cut up shines,
To draw cuts,
Wood cut,
brush cut,
budget cut,
clean cut,
cold cuts,
cost cutting,
crew cut,
cut across,
cut away,
cut back,
cut corners,
cut cut-rate,
cut loose,
cut of beef,
cut of lamb,
cut of meat,
cut of mutton,
cut of pork,
cut of veal,
cut price,
cut rate,
cut short,
cut the mustard,
cut to ribbons,
cut to the chase,
cut-in,
cut-up,
cutting angle,
cutting board,
cutting edge,
cutting implement,
cutting remark,
cutting room,
cutting tool,
final cut,
jump cut,
lickety cut,
pay cut,
press cutting,
price cut,
price cutting,
rough cut,
salary cut,
spending cut,
tax cut,
Automatic cut-off,
Clean-cut,
Clear-cut,
Cut Bank, MT,
Cut and Shoot, TX,
Draw-cut,
Fixed cut-off,
Governor cut-off,
Rose-cut,
Screw-cutting,
Sharp-cut,
The cut of one's jib,
To cut one's eyeteeth,
To cut one's stick,
To cut the Gordian knot,
To have cut one's eyeteeth,
cut-and-dried,
cut-and-dry,
cut-and-thrust,
cut-price,
cut-rate,
cutting-edge,
fresh-cut,
low-cut,
metal-cutting,
rough-cut,
sword-cut,
wide-cut,
Cross-cut file,
Second-cut file,
Single-cut file,
To cut one's wisdom teeth,
cut gashed slashed split,
cut-rate sale,
leaf-cutting bee,
rose-cutting bee