VERB | motion | get down | lower (one's body) as by kneeling |
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motion | get down, lower, take down, let down, bring down | move something or somebody to a lower position | |
motion | get down, unhorse, dismount, light, get off | alight from (a horse) | |
consumption | get down, swallow | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking | |
emotion | get down, depress, deject, cast down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | lower someone's spirits | |
communication | get down, write down, set down, put down | put down in writing | |
change | get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence | take the first ... / first step or steps in carrying out an action |
Meaning | lower (one's body) as by kneeling. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Get down on your knees!" | |
Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
Meaning | Move something or somebody to a lower position. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | lower, take down, let down, bring down | |
Cause to | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
Narrower | depress | lower (prices or markets) |
dip | lower briefly | |
incline | lower or bend (the head or upper body) , as in a nod or bow | |
reef | lower and bring partially inboard | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Opposite | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
Spanish | arriar, bajarse, bajar | |
Catalan | abaixar-se, abaixar, arriar, baixar, calar |
Meaning | Alight from (a horse) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | unhorse, dismount, light, get off | |
Category | riding, horseback riding | Travel by being carried on horseback |
Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
Spanish | agacharse, apearse, bajarse, descabalgar, desmontar, liviano | |
Catalan | desmuntar |
Meaning | pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | swallow | |
Entailed by | eat | take in solid food |
gulp, quaff, swig | To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught | |
Narrower | bolt | swallow hastily |
Spanish | chascar, deglutir, ingurgitar, tragarse, tragar | |
Catalan | empassar-se, empassar, engolir |
Meaning | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The performance is likely to get down Sue | |
Synonyms | depress, deject, cast down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise | |
Narrower | chill | depress or discourage |
Broader | discourage | deprive of courage or hope |
Opposite | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits |
Spanish | abatir, deprimir, desalentar, desanimar, desmoralizar, espantar | |
Catalan | abatre, deprimir, desanimar, descoratjar, desmoralitzar |
Meaning | put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Synonyms | write down, set down, put down | |
Entailed by | complete, fill out, fill in, make out | Write all the required information onto a form |
Narrower | dash down, dash off | write down hastily |
notate | put into notation, as of music or choreography | |
note, take down | make a written note of | |
transcribe | write out from speech, notes, etc. | |
Broader | write | Communicate or express by writing |
Spanish | anotar, apuntar, asentar, registrar |
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