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Cut Back (Verb)

Meaning 1

Cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Trim Down
  • Cut
  • Reduce
  • Bring Down
  • Cut Down
  • Trim Back
  • Trim

Hypernyms

  • Decrease
  • Lessen

Hyponyms

  • Slash
  • Thin Out
  • Shorten
  • Knock Off
  • Quench
  • Thin
  • Subtract
  • Downsize
  • Inflate
  • Shave
  • Take Away
  • Detract
  • Deflate
  • Spill
  • Retrench

Related Words

  • Cutback (noun)

Meaning 2

Return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Synonyms

  • Flash Back

Meaning 3

Place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Curtail
  • Restrict
  • Curb

Hypernyms

  • Circumscribe
  • Confine To
  • Limit

Hyponyms

  • Immobilize
  • Abridge
  • Restrict
  • Control
  • Ration
  • Immobilise

Meaning 4

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Synonyms

  • Clip
  • Snip
  • Crop
  • Dress
  • Trim
  • Lop
  • Prune

Hypernyms

  • Thin Out

Hyponyms

  • Pinch
  • Shear
  • Disbud
  • Top
  • Pollard
  • Poll
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