cut_down has definitions from the field of baseball
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[ verb ] cut down on; make a reduction in

Examples

"reduce your daily fat intake" "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

Used in print

(The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)

Radio reception is cut_down by the shielding necessary to keep_out radiation .

2
[ verb ] cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

Synonyms

slash

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

These cut-down plants will bud and blossom in record time and will behave just as they did in early spring .

Related terms

cut slash

3
[ verb ] cause to come or go down

Examples

"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect" "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

Used in print

(James D. Horan, The Shadow Catcher....)

The pony herd was the one flaw in our defense ; the Rees undoubtedly would try to cut_down as_many of the animals as possible .

Related terms

strike submarine sedative

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[ verb ] (baseball) intercept (a player), in baseball

Synonyms

cut_out

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

When Robinson tried to stretch his blow into a triple , he was cut_down in a close play at third , Tuttle to Andy_Carey .

Related terms

check baseball

5
[ verb ] cut with a blade or mower

Synonyms

mow

Examples

"mow the grass"

Related terms

cut scythe hayloft

6
[ adjective ] cut down

Synonyms

down cut

Examples

"the tree is down"

Related terms

felled

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[ verb ] cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

Synonyms

fell drop strike_down

Examples

"strike down a tree" "Lightning struck down the hikers"

Related terms

cut chop_down log cut poleax descend

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