VERB | motion | take down, lower, let down, get down, bring down | move something or somebody to a lower position |
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emotion | take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down | reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | |
creation | take down, level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, pull down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground | |
communication | take down, note | make a written note of |
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 | |
Example | "take down the vase from the shelf" | |
Synonyms | lower, let down, get 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 | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | degrade, disgrace, demean, put down | |
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 |
Spanish | degradarse, degradar, deshonrarse, deshonrar, envilecer | |
Catalan | degradar-se, degradar, deshonrar-se, deshonrar, envilanir, envilir | |
Nouns | takedown | a crushing remark |
Meaning | tear down so as to make flat with the ground. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, pull down | |
Narrower | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
Opposite | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect |
Spanish | arrasar, desarticular, desmantelar, igualar | |
Catalan | arrasar, desarticular, igualar, talar |
Meaning | make a written note of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Synonym | note | |
Broader | write down, set down, get down, put down | put down in writing |
Spanish | anotar, apuntar | |
Catalan | anotar, apuntar |
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