put down

Verb
  1. Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place (synset 201503011)
    "set down your bags here"
    is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location
    subtypes: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down - set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
    same as: place down, set down
  2. Put in a horizontal position (synset 201547474)
    "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
    causes: lie - be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
    is a type of: lay, place, pose, position, put, set - put into a certain place or abstract location
    subtypes:
    same as: lay, repose
  3. Cause to come to the ground (synset 201985050)
    "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"
    causes: land, set down - reach or come to rest
    referred to in: air, air travel, aviation - travel via aircraft
    is a type of: arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
    same as: bring down, land
  4. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally (synset 201804404)
    "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
    is a type of: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
    subtypes:
    • reduce - lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
    • dehumanise, dehumanize - deprive of human qualities
    same as: degrade, demean, disgrace, take down
  5. Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave (synset 201492094)
    "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
    is a type of: deliver - bring to a destination, make a delivery
    subtypes:
    • wharf - discharge at a wharf
    • air-drop - drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter
    same as: discharge, drop, drop off, set down, unload
  6. Put (an animal) to death (synset 201329210)
    "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"
    is a type of: kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
    same as: destroy
  7. Put down in writing;
    Of texts, musical compositions, etc. (synset 201022365)
    is a type of: write - communicate or express by writing
    subtypes:
    same as: get down, set down, write down
  8. Make a record of;
    Set down in permanent form (synset 201002259)
    referred to in: recording, transcription - the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
    is a type of: preserve, save - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: enter, record

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