"cut down" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-au-cut down.ogg Forms: more cut down [comparative], most cut down [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} cut down (comparative more cut down, superlative most cut down)
  1. Having been cut down; reduced in strength or power. Related terms: cut up, shoot down
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-adj-0yQESoyn

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-cut down.ogg Forms: cuts down [present, singular, third-person], cutting down [participle, present], cut down [participle, past], cut down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> down}} 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. Tags: intransitive, literally Derived forms: cut-down
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-verb-TCiZVdqV
  2. (transitive, literally) To adulterate a drug Tags: literally, transitive
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-verb-99KMpLo3
  3. (transitive) To bring down by cutting. Tags: transitive Translations (bring down a tree): kəsmək (Azerbaijani), 砍倒 (kǎndǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), pokácet (Czech), vellen (Dutch), dehaki (Esperanto), kaataa (Finnish), abattre (French), pinchar (Galician), cortar (Galician), fällen (German), abatar (Ido), исѣщи (isěšti) (Old Church Slavonic), сѣщи (sěšti) (Old Church Slavonic), fellan [Anglian] (Old English), fiellan [West-Saxon] (Old English), āhēawan (Old English), срубать (srubatʹ) (Russian), спиливать (spilivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), talar (Spanish), kärst- (Tocharian B), зруба́ти (zrubáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), зру́бувати (zrúbuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-verb-pMabRf4f Disambiguation of 'bring down a tree': 2 1 85 2 4 4 1 1
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To insult, to belittle. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (insult, belittle): alçaltmaq (Azerbaijani), умалять (umaljatʹ) (Russian), принижать (prinižatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), bajarle los humos (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-verb-lQZTCkJj Disambiguation of 'insult, belittle': 0 1 3 90 2 2 0 1
  5. (idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something. Tags: idiomatic Translations (reduce the amount of something): azaltmaq (Azerbaijani), ixtisara salmaq (Azerbaijani), ixtisar etmək (Azerbaijani), vähentää (Finnish), réduire (French), diminuer (French), reduzir (Portuguese), сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹ) (Russian), снижа́ть (snižátʹ) (Russian), уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-verb-i9AAN9p- Disambiguation of 'reduce the amount of something': 1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1
  6. (idiomatic, dated) To slay, often in great numbers. Tags: dated, idiomatic Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-verb-emBSZcRX Disambiguation of Violence: 6 8 6 7 6 7 36 5 19
  7. (slang, intransitive, transitive) To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them. Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-verb-fxRaQfdK
  8. (slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone). Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-cut_down-en-verb-poyRbvyD Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 16 11 10 4 8 6 3 32 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 12 15 8 10 7 7 8 5 28 Disambiguation of English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax: 10 13 8 5 6 8 8 4 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 11 8 8 7 7 7 6 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 15 6 11 7 9 7 4 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 17 6 6 5 5 6 4 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 9 11 9 6 6 6 11 7 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 10 9 6 7 7 14 7 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 11 10 10 9 8 9 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 9 10 10 7 7 6 7 5 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 10 9 6 6 6 11 7 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 10 9 12 7 10 8 6 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 11 10 6 6 6 11 7 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 11 10 7 7 6 8 4 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 9 11 10 7 6 6 7 5 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 10 9 6 7 8 14 4 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations: 4 9 5 2 2 2 3 1 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 11 9 10 6 8 11 9 4 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 9 14 5 5 5 10 6 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 10 10 7 7 6 7 5 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 11 9 8 7 6 7 6 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 3 7 4 2 3 4 3 2 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 11 9 6 6 6 11 7 35

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "2 1 85 2 4 4 1 1",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "bring down a tree",
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          "sense": "bring down a tree",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "srubatʹ",
          "sense": "bring down a tree",
          "word": "срубать"
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          "_dis1": "2 1 85 2 4 4 1 1",
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          "sense": "bring down a tree",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "2 1 85 2 4 4 1 1",
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          "sense": "bring down a tree",
          "word": "talar"
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          "sense": "bring down a tree",
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          "roman": "zrubáty",
          "sense": "bring down a tree",
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        "To insult, to belittle."
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To insult, to belittle."
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          "_dis1": "0 1 3 90 2 2 0 1",
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          "word": "alçaltmaq"
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          "sense": "insult, belittle",
          "word": "умалять"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "prinižatʹ",
          "sense": "insult, belittle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "принижать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 3 90 2 2 0 1",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "insult, belittle",
          "word": "bajarle los humos"
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          "text": "He wants to cut down on extra steps.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.",
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        {
          "ref": "1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:",
          "text": "By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.",
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        "(idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something."
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          "_dis1": "1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1",
          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "azaltmaq"
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          "code": "az",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "ixtisar etmək"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "vähentää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "réduire"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "diminuer"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "reduzir"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sokraščátʹ",
          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "сокраща́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "snižátʹ",
          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "снижа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 5 2 89 2 0 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
          "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
          "word": "уменьша́ть"
        }
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        "To slay, often in great numbers."
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        "(idiomatic, dated) To slay, often in great numbers."
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        "To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them."
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        "(slang, intransitive, transitive) To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them."
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          "text": "Please don't put the candy jar right next to my desk. I'm trying to cut down on sugar.",
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        "(idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something."
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        "(idiomatic, dated) To slay, often in great numbers."
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        "To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them."
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        "(slang, intransitive, transitive) To shoot a gun; to shoot (someone or many people), usually to kill them."
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        "To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone)."
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        "(slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To challenge (someone); to prove superiority to (someone)."
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "kəsmək"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǎndǎo",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "砍倒"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "pokácet"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "vellen"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "dehaki"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "kaataa"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "abattre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "pinchar"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "cortar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "fällen"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "abatar"
    },
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      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "isěšti",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "исѣщи"
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      "code": "cu",
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      "roman": "sěšti",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "сѣщи"
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      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
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      "sense": "bring down a tree",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "āhēawan"
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      "roman": "srubatʹ",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "срубать"
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      "sense": "bring down a tree",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "talar"
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      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "word": "kärst-"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zrubáty",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zrúbuvaty",
      "sense": "bring down a tree",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "зру́бувати"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "insult, belittle",
      "word": "alçaltmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umaljatʹ",
      "sense": "insult, belittle",
      "word": "умалять"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinižatʹ",
      "sense": "insult, belittle",
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      "word": "принижать"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "insult, belittle",
      "word": "bajarle los humos"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "azaltmaq"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "ixtisara salmaq"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "ixtisar etmək"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "vähentää"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "réduire"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "diminuer"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "reduzir"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokraščátʹ",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "сокраща́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snižátʹ",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "снижа́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
      "sense": "reduce the amount of something",
      "word": "уменьша́ть"
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