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Meaning: Return in time Classified under: Verbs of walking, flying, swimming Synonyms: cut back; flash back Context example: the film cut back to an earlier event in the story Hypernyms (to "cut back" is one way to...): come back; get back; go back; return (come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity) Sentence frames: Something ----s
Meaning: Cut down on; make a reduction in Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: trim down; trim back; reduce; cut down; cut back; cut; trim; bring down Context examples: reduce your daily fat intake / The employer wants to cut back health benefits Hypernyms (to "cut back" is one way to...): decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut back"): knock off; shave (cut the price of) inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value) deflate (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices) detract; take away (take away a part from; diminish) thin (make thin or thinner) thin out (make sparse) slash (cut drastically) retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce) quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance) shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of Classified under: Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging Synonyms: prune; lop; snip; cut back; clip; crop; trim; dress Context example: dress the plants in the garden Hypernyms (to "cut back" is one way to...): thin out (make sparse) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut back"): shear (cut with shears) poll; pollard (convert into a pollard) disbud (thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something Sentence example: They cut back the trees
Meaning: Place restrictions on Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: curtail; restrict; curb; cut back Context example: curtail drinking in school Hypernyms (to "cut back" is one way to...): circumscribe; confine; limit (restrict or confine,) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cut back"): abridge (lessen, diminish, or curtail) immobilise; immobilize (cause to be unable to move) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something "A fool and his money are soon parted." (English proverb) "Wait for the night before saying that the day has been beautiful" (Breton proverb) "A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life." (Arabic proverb) "A good dog gets a good bone." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: Definition of immobilize Pronunciation of detract Definition of slash Pronunciation of circumscribe Definition of abridge
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