| VERB | change | cut down, reduce, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down | cut down on |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | cut down, slash | cut with sweeping strokes | |
| contact | cut down, down, knock down, push down, pull down | cause to come or go down | |
| competition | cut down, cut out | intercept (a player) | |
| contact | cut down, mow | cut / cut with a blade or mower | |
| contact | cut down, fell, drop, strike down | cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow |
| Meaning | cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They cut down the trees | |
| Synonym | slash | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | acuchillar, cortar | |
| Meaning | Cause to come or go down. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The fighter managed to cut down his opponent | |
| Synonyms | down, knock down, push down, pull down | |
| Narrower | submarine | bring down with a blow to the legs |
| Broader | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| Spanish | derribar, tumbar | |
| Meaning | intercept (a player) . | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | cut out | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Broader | check, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy |
| Spanish | cortar | |
| Meaning | cut / cut with a blade or mower. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They cut down rye in the field | |
| Synonym | mow | |
| Narrower | scythe | cut / cut with a scythe |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | cortar, podar, segar | |
| Catalan | segar | |
| Meaning | Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They cut down the trees | |
| Synonyms | fell, drop, strike down | |
| Cause to | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Entailed by | undercut | cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall |
| Narrower | chop down | cut down |
| cut | fell by sawing | |
| log, lumber | cut lumber, as in woods and forests / forests | |
| poleax, poleaxe | fell with or as if with a poleax / poleax | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Spanish | derribar, talar | |
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