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cut down

cut down verb: to cut downward.

Verb

cut down (third-person singular simple present cuts down, present participle cutting down, simple past and past participle cut down)

  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.
    • 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. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone).

Adjective

cut down (comparative more cut down, superlative most cut down)

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

cut down meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit and Nepali

cut down in Tamil

குறை, சுருக்கு, வெட்டி வீழ்த்து

cut down in Sanskrit

to cut down, cut off, cut asunder, cleave, hew, fell
व्रश्च् vraśc

cut down in Nepali

to cut down
ढाल्नु ḍhālnu

Forms of cut down

Verb
third-person singular presentcuts down
present participlecutting down
past participlecut down
pastcut down
Adjective
comparativemore cut down
superlativemost cut down

Words formed from cut down

Questions about cut down

What does cut down mean?
Cut down means to cut downward.
What is cut down in Tamil?
Cut down in Tamil is குறை, சுருக்கு, வெட்டி வீழ்த்து. See Cut down meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cut down?
Cut down can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of cut down?
The past tense of cut down is cut down.

Words near cut down in the dictionary

  1. cut cavendish
  2. cut class
  3. cut corners
  4. cut crease
  5. cut deeper than a knife
  6. cut down
  7. cut down the tall poppy
  8. cut down to size
  9. cut fastball
  10. cut fastballs
  11. cut for sign

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cut down (page history and authors); cut down (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); व्रश्च् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ढाल्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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