To bring down by cutting.
To insult, to belittle.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, down.
To reduce the amount of something.
To appear or sprout.
To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)
To develop, to mature.
To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
To assume a condition or quality over time.