English > take down: 4 senses > verb 1, 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 |
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| Example | "take down the vase from the shelf" |
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| Synonyms | lower, let down, get down, bring down |
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| Cause to | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
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| Narrower | depress | lower (prices or markets) |
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| 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 |
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| Opposite | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
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| Spanish | arriar, bajarse, bajar |
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| Catalan | abaixar-se, abaixar, arriar, baixar, calar |
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English > take down: 4 senses > verb 3, creation| Meaning | tear down so as to make flat with the ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, pull down |
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| Narrower | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
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| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
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| Opposite | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect |
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| Spanish | arrasar, desarticular, desmantelar, igualar |
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| Catalan | arrasar, desarticular, igualar, talar |
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