VERB | contact | put down, set down, place down | cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place |
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contact | put down, lay, repose | put in a horizontal position | |
motion | put down, land, bring down | cause to come to the ground | |
emotion | put down, take down, degrade, disgrace, demean | reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | |
contact | put down, drop, drop off, set down, unload, discharge | leave or unload | |
contact | put down, destroy | put (an animal) to death | |
communication | put down, write down, set down, get down | put down in writing | |
communication | put down, record, enter | make a record of |
Meaning | Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | set down, place down | |
Narrower | plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump | Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
Spanish | colocar |
Meaning | put in a horizontal position. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | lay, repose | |
Cause to | lie | Be lying, be prostrate |
Narrower | blow | lay eggs |
bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest | place in a grave or tomb | |
lay | lay eggs | |
rail | lay with rails | |
rebury | bury again | |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
See also | put | put into a certain place or abstract location |
Spanish | acostar, colocar, poner, tumbar | |
Catalan | tombar |
Meaning | Cause to come to the ground. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | land, bring down | |
Category | air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft |
Cause to | land, set down | reach or come to rest |
Broader | arrive, get, come | reach a destination |
See also | put | put into a certain place or abstract location |
Spanish | aterrizar | |
Catalan | aterrar |
Meaning | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Example | "She tends to put down younger women colleagues" | |
Synonyms | take down, degrade, disgrace, demean | |
Narrower | dehumanize, dehumanise | deprive of human qualities |
reduce | lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation | |
Broader | humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase | Cause to feel shame |
See also | put | cause to be in a certain state |
Spanish | degradarse, degradar, deshonrarse, deshonrar, envilecer | |
Catalan | degradar-se, degradar, deshonrar-se, deshonrar, envilanir, envilir | |
Nouns | put-down | a crushing remark |
Meaning | Leave or unload. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
Synonyms | drop, drop off, set down, unload, discharge | |
Narrower | air-drop | Drop (an object) from the air |
wharf | Discharge at a wharf | |
Broader | deliver | Bring to a destination, make a delivery |
Spanish | dejar, descargar | |
Catalan | deixar, descarregar |
Meaning | put (an animal) to death. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "the sick cat had to be put down" | |
Synonym | destroy | |
Broader | kill | Cause to die |
Spanish | destruir, matar |
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, get 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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