Definitions
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- verb Used other than as an idiom: see
put ,down . - verb idiomatic To insult,
belittle , ordemean . - verb To pay.
- verb To
halt , eliminate, stop, orsquelch , often by force. - verb euphemistic To
euthanize (an animal). - verb To
write (something). - verb To terminate a call; to
hang up . - verb To add a name to a
list . - verb To make
prices , ortaxes ,lower . - verb idiomatic To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
- verb idiomatic, of an aircraft To
land . - verb idiomatic To
drop someone off , or let them out of a vehicle. - verb idiomatic To
cease , temporarily or permanently,reading (a book). - noun Alternative spelling of
put-down .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put (an animal) to death
- verb cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- verb leave or unload
- verb reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- verb cause to come to the ground
- verb put in a horizontal position
- verb put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- verb make a record of; set down in permanent form
Etymologies
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From put + down
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Words with the same meaning
- 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
- back answer
- barrack
- be above
- be contemptuous of
- belittle
- bend
- bereave of life
- blame
- blame for
- blame on
- book
- bottle up
- break
- brickbat
- bring down
- bring home to
- bring into discredit
- bring low
- burden with
- calendar
- call names
- care nothing for
- carry away
- carry off
- carve
- catalog
- caustic remark
- censor
- chaff
- chalk
- chalk up
- charge
- charge on
- charge to
- check in
- chloroform
- choke
- choke off
- chronicle
- clamp down on
- comeback
- comedown
- confess
- connect with
- conquer
- contemn
- contempt
- contumely
- cork
- cork up
- crack
- crack down on
- credit with
- crush
- cry down
- cut
- cut at
- cut down
- cut off
- cutting remark
- damp down
- debase
- debasement
- decry
- deflation
- degrade
- demand
- demean
- denigrate
- deposit
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deprive of life
- deride
- derogate from
- descent
- despise
- despite
- destroy
- detract from
- dig
- dig at
- diminish
- disapprove of
- discommend
- discredit
- disdain
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disoblige
- disparage
- dispatch
- dispose of
- dispraise
- disprize
- disvalue
- do away with
- do for
- do to death
- docket
- drown
- dump
- dump on
- eclipse
- embarrassment
- end
- engrave
- enjoin
- enormity
- enroll
- enscroll
- enter
- exact
- execute
- exterminate
- extinguish
- fake out
- fasten upon
- father upon
- feel contempt for
- feel superior to
- fell
- file
- fill out
- finish
- finish off
- fix on
- fix upon
- flatten
- fleer
- fleer at
- flout
- flouting
- foolery
- freight with
- gag
- gibe
- gibe at
- gibing retort
- give offense to
- grave
- hand over
- hang on
- hangdog look
- hold beneath one
- hold cheap
- hold down
- hold in contempt
- humble
- humbled pride
- humiliate
- humiliation
- hurl a brickbat
- immolate
- impanel
- impose
- impose on
- impose upon
- impute to
- incise
- index
- indignity
- inflict on
- inflict upon
- injury
- inscribe
- insert
- insult
- jab
- jab at
- jape
- jeer
- jeer at
- jeering
- jest
- jibe at
- jot down
- jump on
- keep down
- keep under
- kill
- knock
- launch into eternity
- lay
- lay down
- lay on
- lay to
- leg-pull
- letdown
- levy
- liquidate
- list
- lodge
- log
- look down upon
- lower
- lynch
- make a memorandum
- make a note
- make an entry
- make away with
- make little of
- make out
- mark down
- martyr
- martyrize
- master
- matriculate
- minimize
- minute
- misprize
- mock
- mockery
- mortification
- muzzle
- note
- note down
- offend
- offense
- outrage
- override
- overshadow
- parting shot
- pay over
- pin on
- pinpoint
- place
- place upon
- place upon record
- point to
- poison
- poll
- pooh
- pooh-pooh
- post
- post up
- pour water on
- prostrate
- purge
- put
- put away
- put in writing
- put on
- put on paper
- put on tape
- put out
- put to death
- put to shame
- put to sleep
- put up
- put upon
- put-on
- quash
- quell
- quench
- quip
- rail at
- rally
- rank low
- rank out
- record
- reduce
- reduce to writing
- refer to
- reflect discredit upon
- register
- remove from life
- repose
- reposit
- repress
- rest
- revile
- ride down
- ridicule
- rude reproach
- run down
- sacrifice
- saddle on
- saddle with
- scoff
- scoff at
- scorn
- scout
- scurrility
- self-abasement
- self-abnegation
- self-diminishment
- set
- set at naught
- set down
- set down to
- setdown
- settle upon
- shame
- shamefacedness
- shamefastness
- short answer
- show up
- shut down on
- silence
- sit down on
- sit on
- slam
- slap
- slap at
- slay
- slight
- smash
- smother
- sneer
- sneer at
- sneeze at
- sniff at
- snort at
- snuff out
- speak ill of
- squash
- squelch
- stamp out
- stanch
- starve
- stifle
- strangle
- stultify
- subdue
- subject to
- subjugate
- submit to indignity
- suffocate
- suppress
- swipe
- tabulate
- take down
- take life
- take off
- tape
- tape-record
- task
- taunt
- tax
- think nothing of
- throttle
- trample down
- trample out
- trample underfoot
- tread underfoot
- treat with indignity
- trip up
- twit
- uncomplimentary remark
- vanquish
- verbal thrust
- videotape
- weight down with
- write
- write down
- write in
- write out
- write up
- yoke with
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