Definition of Put down

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put down
v
1. cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here" [syn: set down, place down]


2. put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: lay, repose]


3. cause to come to the ground; of aircraft [syn: land, bring down ]


4. reduce in worth, character, etc.; disgrace; dishonour [syn: degrade, disgrace, demean]


5. leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo; [syn: drop, set down, unload, discharge]


6. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. [syn: write down, set down, get down]


7. make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: record, enter]

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criticism, disapproval His speech was a put-down of our policies - very negative.

criticize, knock; kill, shoot, dispatch, put out of its misery; (put-down) criticism, disapproval

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Those poor kids are put down all the time - criticized and yelled at.
The horse had to be put down because it was badly injured.
His speech was a put-down of our policies - very negative.

take a firm stand

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Verb
1. cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"
(synonym) set down, place down
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(hyponym) plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump
2. put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
(synonym) lay, repose
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(hyponym) rail
(cause) lie
(see-also) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
3. cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
(synonym) land, bring down
(hypernym) arrive, get, come
(cause) land, set down
(classification) air travel, aviation, air
4. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
(synonym) take down, degrade, disgrace, demean
(hypernym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
(hyponym) reduce
(derivation) put-down, squelch, squelcher, takedown
5. leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
(synonym) drop, set down, unload, discharge
(hypernym) deliver
(hyponym) wharf
6. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
(synonym) write down, set down, get down
(hypernym) write
(hyponym) transcribe
7. make a record of; set down in permanent form
(synonym) record, enter
(hypernym) save, preserve
(hyponym) tally, chalk up
(classification) recording, transcription

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Noun
1. a crushing remark
(synonym) squelch, squelcher, takedown
(hypernym) derision
(derivation) take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
(classification) colloquialism

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