English Explanatory Dictionary

put down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To insult, belittle, or demean.
Of money as deposit, to pay.
To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
To euthanize (an animal).
To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
To write (something).
To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.
To add a name to a list.
To make prices, or taxes, lower.
To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
To give something as a reason for something else.
Of an aircraft, to land.

noun

Alternative spelling of put-down.

Pronunciation

En-au-put down.ogg

Word forms

put down puts down putting down put downs

Synonyms

end stop eliminate extinguish put to sleep euthanize execute down hang up register set down touch down

Antonyms

compliment talk up pick up put up

Related words

put up

Derived words

putdownable put-downable put down as put down for put down to unputdownable un-put-downable

Translations

Biatah Bidayuh: pasan Chinese Cantonese: 擺低 /摆低 Chinese Cantonese: 放低 Hakka Chinese: 放下 Chinese: 放下 Chinese Mandarin: 放下 Finnish: laskea Finnish: laskea maahan French: poser French: déposer German: absetzen German: abstellen German: ablegen Ancient Greek: κατατίθημι Haitian Creole: depoze Hungarian: letesz Hungarian: lerak Indonesian: meletakkan Korean: 내려놓다 Malay: meletakkan Norwegian Nynorsk: setja ned Romanian: așeza Russian: ста́вить Russian: поста́вить

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