to weaken; to impair; to cripple

to peel with a knife; to pare; to cut (a ball at tennis etc)

to pare; to reduce; to remove; Taiwan pr. [xue4]

to cut down the price

to shave one's head; fig. to become a monk or nun; to take the tonsure

to sharpen

clipping (signal processing)

(sport) to chop; to cut

thin; lean; slender; skinny; (of cheeks) hollow

(of an official) dismissal from office (old)

demotion; to have one's job cut

to remove; to eliminate; to delete

to sharpen a pencil

demotion to commoner (idiom)

to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed); impractical or inelegant solution

pencil sharpener (mechanical or electric)