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Definition of Put down
1. Verb. Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place. "Set down your bags here"
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Specialized synonyms: Flump, Plank, Plonk, Plop, Plump, Plump Down, Plunk, Plunk Down
2. Verb. Put in a horizontal position. "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Specialized synonyms: Rail, Lay, Blow, Bury, Entomb, Inhume, Inter, Lay To Rest, Rebury
Causes: Lie
Also: Lay Aside, Lay Away, Lay Over, Put, Repose On
3. Verb. Cause to come to the ground. "The pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
Category relationships: Air, Air Travel, Aviation
Causes: Land, Set Down
Generic synonyms: Arrive, Come, Get
Derivative terms: Land, Landing
4. Verb. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. "His critics took him down after the lecture"
Generic synonyms: Abase, Chagrin, Humble, Humiliate, Mortify
Specialized synonyms: Reduce, Dehumanise, Dehumanize
Derivative terms: Degradation, Degradation, Put-down, Takedown
5. Verb. Leave or unload. "Drop off the passengers at the hotel"
Generic synonyms: Deliver
Specialized synonyms: Wharf, Air-drop
Derivative terms: Drop
6. Verb. Put (an animal) to death. "The sick cat had to be put down"
7. Verb. Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc..
Generic synonyms: Write
Specialized synonyms: Transcribe, Notate, Dash Down, Dash Off, Note, Take Down
8. Verb. Make a record of; set down in permanent form.
Category relationships: Recording, Transcription
Specialized synonyms: Chalk Up, Tally, Clock In, Clock On, Punch In, Record, Tape, Accession, Post, Ring Up, Manifest, Inscribe, Chronicle, File, File Away, Document, Log, Clock Up, Log Up, Film, Shoot, Take, Tape, Videotape, Photograph, Shoot, Snap, Mark, Score, Notch, Keep, Maintain, Film, Register, Book
Generic synonyms: Preserve, Save
Derivative terms: Entry, Record, Record, Recorder, Recorder
Definition of Put down
1. Verb. (&lit put down) ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic) To insult, belittle, or demean. ¹
3. Verb. (context: of money as deposit) To pay. ¹
4. Verb. To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force. ¹
5. Verb. (euphemistic) To euthanize (an animal). ¹
6. Verb. To write (something). ¹
7. Verb. (context: of a telephone) To terminate a call; to hang up. ¹
8. Verb. To add a name to a list. ¹
9. Verb. To make prices, or taxes, lower. ¹
10. Verb. (idiomatic) To place a baby somewhere to sleep. ¹
11. Verb. (idiomatic of an aircraft) To land. ¹
12. Verb. (idiomatic) To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle. ¹
13. Verb. (idiomatic) To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book). ¹
14. Noun. (alternative spelling of put-down) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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