 put_down |
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| 1. | [ verb ] cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place | |
| Synonyms: | set_down place_down | |
| Examples: | "set down your bags here" |
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| Related terms: | situate put plank | |
| 2. | [ verb ] put in a horizontal position | |
| Synonyms: | lay repose | |
| Examples: | "lay the books on the table" "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
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| Related terms: | situate put bury lay blow rail rebury put repose_on save superimpose hoard lie | |
| 3. | [ verb ] cause to come to the ground | |
| Synonyms: | land bring_down | |
| Examples: | "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" |
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| Related terms: | arrive air_travel landing land | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (writing) put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. | |
| Synonyms: | write_down set_down get_down | |
| Related terms: | write note transcribe notate dash_down | |
| 5. | [ verb ] reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | |
| Synonyms: | demean disgrace take_down degrade | |
| Examples: | "She tends to put down younger women colleagues" "His critics took him down after the lecture" |
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| Related terms: | humiliate reduce dehumanize put-down | |
| 6. | [ verb ] leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo; | |
| Synonyms: | drop unload discharge set_down | |
| Related terms: | deliver air-drop wharf drop | |
| 7. | [ verb ] make a record of; set down in permanent form | |
| Synonyms: | record enter | |
| Related terms: | save preserve film record photograph register keep score document log chronicle file tally book clock_in ring_up post notch inscribe film manifest accession log_up videotape recording record recorder registrar | |
| Similar spelling: |
put-down put_on put_in |
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