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English verb: bring down | |||
| 1. | bring down (motion) move something or somebody to a lower position | ||
| Samples | Take down the vase from the shelf. | ||
| Synonyms | get down, let down, lower, take down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | depress, dip, incline, reef | ||
| Cause | come down, descend, fall, go down | ||
| Antonyms | lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | ||
| 2. | bring down (social) cause the downfall of; of rulers | ||
| Samples | The Czar was overthrown. Subvert the ruling class. | ||
| Synonyms | overthrow, overturn, subvert | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | depose, force out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | revolutionize | ||
| 3. | bring down (communication) impose something unpleasant | ||
| Samples | The principal visited his rage on the students. | ||
| Synonyms | impose, inflict, visit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something on somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clamp, dictate, foist, give, intrude, obtrude, order, prescribe | ||
| 4. | bring down (motion) cause to come to the ground | ||
| Samples | The pilot managed to land the airplane safely. | ||
| Synonyms | land, put down | ||
| 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 | ||
| 5. | bring down (emotion) cause to be enthusiastic | ||
| Samples | Her playing brought down the house. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enthuse | ||
| 6. | bring down (change) cut down on; make a reduction in | ||
| Samples | Reduce your daily fat intake. The employer wants to cut back health benefits. | ||
| Synonyms | cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decrease, lessen, minify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deflate, detract, downsize, inflate, knock off, quench, retrench, shave, shorten, slash, spill, subtract, take away, thin, thin out | ||
| Verb group | cut | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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