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English verb: put down | |||
| 1. | put down (contact) cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place | ||
| Samples | Set down your bags here. | ||
| Synonyms | place down, set down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down | ||
| 2. | put down (contact) put in a horizontal position | ||
| Samples | Lay the books on the table. Lay the patient carefully onto the bed. | ||
| Synonyms | lay, repose | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blow, bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay, lay to rest, rail, rebury | ||
| Cause | lie | ||
| 3. | put down (motion) cause to come to the ground | ||
| Samples | The pilot managed to land the airplane safely. | ||
| Synonyms | bring down, land | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrive, come, get | ||
| Cause | land, set down | ||
| Domain category | air, air travel, aviation | ||
| 4. | put down (emotion) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | ||
| Samples | She tends to put down younger women colleagues. His critics took him down after the lecture. | ||
| Synonyms | degrade, demean, disgrace, take down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dehumanise, dehumanize, reduce | ||
| 5. | put down (contact) leave or unload | ||
| Samples | Unload the cargo. Drop off the passengers at the hotel. | ||
| Synonyms | discharge, drop, drop off, set down, unload | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deliver | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air-drop, wharf | ||
| 6. | put down (contact) put (an animal) to death | ||
| Samples | The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid. The sick cat had to be put down. | ||
| Synonyms | destroy | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| 7. | put down (communication) put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. | ||
| Synonyms | get down, set down, write down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | write | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dash down, dash off, notate, note, take down, transcribe | ||
| 8. | put down (communication) make a record of; set down in permanent form | ||
| Synonyms | enter, record | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | preserve, save | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accession, book, chalk up, chronicle, clock in, clock on, clock up, document, file, file away, film, film, inscribe, keep, log, log up, maintain, manifest, mark, notch, photograph, post, punch in, record, register, ring up, score, shoot, shoot, snap, take, tally, tape, tape, videotape | ||
| Domain category | recording, transcription | ||
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