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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: put down

1	v	put in a horizontal position
2	v	reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
3	v	put (an animal) to death
4	v	put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: put down

v put in a horizontal position

Synonyms:: lay, repose

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; rail
lay with rails; lay
lay eggs; blow
lay eggs; bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest
place in a grave or tomb; rebury
bury again; spawn
lay spawn

Type of:: lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location

v cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place

Synonyms:: place down, set down

Types:: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

Type of:: lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location

v leave or unload

Synonyms:: discharge, drop, drop off, set down, unload

Types:: wharf
discharge at a wharf; air-drop
drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter

Type of:: deliver
bring to a destination, make a delivery

v cause to come to the ground

Synonyms:: bring down, land

Type of:: arrive, come, get
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

v reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

“She tends to put down younger women colleagues”

Synonyms:: degrade, demean, disgrace, take down

Types:: reduce
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; dehumanise, dehumanize
deprive of human qualities

Type of:: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

v put (an animal) to death

“the sick cat had to be put down”

Synonyms:: destroy

Type of:: kill
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

v put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

Synonyms:: get down, set down, write down

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; transcribe
write out from speech, notes, etc.; notate
put into notation, as of music or choreography; dash down, dash off
write down hastily; note, take down
make a written note of

Type of:: write
communicate or express by writing

v make a record of; set down in permanent form

Synonyms:: enter, record

Types:: show 39 types...; hide 39 types...; chalk up, tally
keep score, as in games; clock in, clock on, punch in
register one's arrival at work; record, tape
register electronically; accession
make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library; post
display, as of records in sports games; ring up
to perform and record a sale on a cash register; manifest
record in a ship's manifest; inscribe
write, engrave, or print as a lasting record; chronicle
record in chronological order; make a historical record; file, file away
place in a container for keeping records; document
record in detail; log
enter into a log, as on ships and planes; clock up, log up
record a distance travelled; on planes and cars; film, shoot, take
make a film or photograph of something; tape, videotape
record on videotape; photograph, shoot, snap
record on photographic film; mark, score
make underscoring marks; notch
notch a surface to record something; keep, maintain
maintain by writing regular records; film
record in film; register
record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions; book
record a charge in a police register; cancel, invalidate
make invalid for use; save, write
record data on a computer; tape record
record with a tape recorder; prerecord
record before presentation, as of a broadcast; file, register
record in a public office or in a court of law; retake
photograph again; reshoot
shoot again; x-ray
take an x-ray of something or somebody; cinematise, cinematize
make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film; microfilm
record on microfilm; cut
record a performance on (a medium); cut
make a recording of; patent
grant rights to; grant a patent for; enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, recruit
register formally as a participant or member; list
include in a list; fine, ticket
issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; book
register in a hotel booker

Type of:: preserve, save
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

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