| VERB | motion | cut back, flash back | return in time |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | cut back, reduce, cut down, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | cut down on | |
| contact | cut back, snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of | |
| change | cut back, restrict, curtail, curb | place restrictions on |
| Meaning | Return in time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" | |
| Synonym | flash back | |
| Broader | return | Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before |
| Meaning | cut down on; make a reduction in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" | |
| Synonyms | reduce, cut down, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | |
| Narrower | deflate | Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices |
| downsize | Reduce in size or number | |
| inflate | increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value | |
| quench | Reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance | |
| retrench | make a reduction, as in one's workforce | |
| shave, knock off | cut the price of | |
| shorten | make shorter / shorter than originally / originally intended | |
| slash | cut drastically | |
| spill | Reduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) | |
| subtract | Take off or away | |
| take away, detract | take away a part from | |
| thin | make thin or thinner | |
| thin out | make sparse | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| See also | cut | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things |
| Similar to | cut | Have a reducing effect |
| Spanish | bajar, cortar, rebajar, recortar, reducir | |
| Catalan | reduir, retallar, tallar-se, tallar | |
| Nouns | cutback | a reduction in quantity or rate |
| Meaning | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They cut back the trees | |
| Synonyms | snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune | |
| Narrower | disbud | thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers |
| poll, pollard | convert into a pollard | |
| shear | cut with shears | |
| top, pinch | cut the top off | |
| Broader | thin out | make sparse |
| Spanish | podar | |
| Catalan | esporgar, podar | |
| Meaning | place restrictions on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | restrict, curtail, curb | |
| Narrower | abridge | Lessen, diminish, or curtail |
| immobilize, immobilise | Cause to be unable to move | |
| ration | restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war | |
| restrict, control | place under restrictions | |
| Broader | limit, circumscribe, confine to | restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| See also | cut | weed out unwanted or unnecessary things |
| Spanish | limitar, restringir | |
| Catalan | limitar, restringir | |
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