What it means

1. verb intercept (a player)
2. verb cut down on
   “reduce your daily fat intake”
3. verb cut with a blade or mower
   “mow the grass”
4. verb cut with sweeping strokes
5. verb cause to come or go down
   “The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect”
6. verb cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
   “strike down a tree”