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Definitions for: Cut Down [adj] cut down; "the tree is down"
[v] cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
[v] intercept (a player), in baseball
[v] 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"
[v] cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
[v] cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass"
[v] cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
Synonyms: bring down, cut, cut, cut back, cut out, down, down, downed, drop, fell, felled, knock down, mow, pull down, push down, reduce, slash, strike down, trim, trim back, trim down
See Also: arrest, check, chop down, come down, contain, cut, decrease, deflate, descend, detract, fall, go down, hold back, inflate, knock off, lessen, log, lumber, minify, poleax, poleaxe, quench, retrench, scythe, shave, shorten, slash, stop, strike, submarine, take away, thin, thin out, turn back
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