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put down

verb

1 put down

Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place.

synonyms: place down, set down.

Roget 744: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige.    force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; ... show more

Roget 929: hold in disrespect etc. (despise) 930; misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; ... show more

Roget 731: succeed; be successful etc. adj.; gain one's end, gain one's ends; crown with success.    gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object; get there [U.S.]; ... show more

Dutch: neerpoten, neerzetten, planten, poten, zetten

2 put down

Put in a horizontal position.

synonyms: lay, repose.

Dutch: aanleggen, afleggen, platleggen

3 put down

Cause to come to the ground.

synonyms: bring down, land.

4 put down

Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally:
— She tends to put down younger women colleagues.

synonyms: degrade, demean, disgrace, take down.

Roget 879: be humble etc. adj.; deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit etc. 725; ... show more

Roget 874: be inglorious etc. adj.; incur disgrace etc. n.; have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself.    play second fiddle; ... show more

Dutch: vernederen, behandelen, onderuithalen

5 put down

Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave.

synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, set down, unload.

Roget 807: pay, defray, make payment; paydown, pay on the nail, pay ready money, pay at sight, pay in advance; cash, honor a bill, acknowledge; redeem; pay in kind.    pay one's way, ... show more

Roget 730: not complete etc. 729; leave unfinished etc. adj., leave undone, drop, put down; neglect etc. 460; let alone, let slip; ... show more

Dutch: lossen, ontladen, uitladen

6 put down

Put (an animal) to death:
— The sick cat had to be put down.

synonym: destroy.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

7 put down

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

synonyms: get down, set down, write down.

Roget 551: record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory etc. (remember) 505; commemorate etc. (celebrate) ... show more

Dutch: opschrijven, boekstaven, optekenen

8 put down

Make a record of; set down in permanent form.

synonyms: enter, record.

Dutch: registreren, vastleggen


Moby thesaurus: Parthian shot, abase, abasement, abash, account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, affront, annihilate, ante, ante up, apply to, ascribe to, aspersion, asphyxiate, assign to, atrocity, attach to, attribute to ... show more.

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