Lower (one's body) as by kneeling.

Move something or somebody to a lower position.

synonyms: bring down, let down, lower, take down.

Roget 298: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in [Slang]; lick, pick, peck; gormandize etc. 957; bite, champ, munch, cranch^†, craunch^†, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.    live on; feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon; browse, graze, crop, regale; carouse etc. (make merry) 840; eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet.    break bread, break one's fast; breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup.    drink in, drink up, drink one's fill; quaff, sip, sup; suck, suck up; lap; swig; swill [Slang], chugalug [Slang], tipple etc. (be drunken) 959; empty one's glass, drain the cup; toss off, toss one's glass; wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle.    purvey etc. 637.    ... show more

Dutch: afzinken, neerlaten

Alight from (a horse).

synonyms: dismount, get off, light, unhorse.

Roget 306: descend; go down, drop down, come down; fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle; plunge, plummet, crash; decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg; slump.    dismount, alight, light, get down; swoop; stoop etc. 308; fall prostrate, precipitate oneself; let fall etc. 308.    tumble, trip, stumble, titubate^†, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.    ... show more

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking.

synonym: swallow.

Dutch: slikken

Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted.

synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit.

Dutch: neerslachtig maken, demotiveren, deprimeren, ontmoedigen

Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc..

synonyms: put down, set down, write down.

Dutch: opschrijven, boekstaven, optekenen

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action:
— Let's get down to work now.

synonyms: begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start, start out.

Dutch: aangaan, aanvangen, aanzetten, beginnen, inzetten, starten