| 单词 | to put down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put down to put down 1. transitive. a. To move to or bring into a lower position; to lower; to place on the ground, or so as to rest upon a surface.to put one's foot down: see foot n. and int. Phrases 5g. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > put or lay down allayOE seta1000 to lay downc1275 to put downa1382 to set downa1400 deposec1420 to sit down1600 depositate1618 deposit1749 ground1751 plank1859 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > lay or put down to lay downc1275 to set netherc1275 to put downa1382 submit1543 down1595 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xix. 12 Sche putte [a1425 L.V. puttide; v.r. lete] hym down bi þe wyndowe..he ȝide a-wei & fleyȝ & is saued. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 153 (MED) Þis seke man..putt down his hand vnto his hambe. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 295 To Putte downe, calare.., commergere, deponere, deprimere. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 216 The cooles within may be moued and laid as a man will haue them, and put down fro the other fier shouel. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ii. sig. Kk2v This goose..puts downe his head, before there be any thing neere to touch him. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 245 Aso. As buckets are put downe into a well; Or as a schoole-boy.—Cri. Trusse vp your simile. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. 87 Put down a piece of Paste-board, and knock it in hard. 1752 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Syncopation In syncopated or driving notes, the hand or foot is taken up, or put down, while the note is sounding. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) II. 12 Such is the effect of habituation, that..if passing a river, he hardly puts down his head in effort to drink. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 26 Putting down the glasses and salt-cellars as if she were knocking at the door. 1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies (1938) i. 9 Father Rothschild S.J. put down his suitcase in the corner of the bar. 1988 N. Lowndes Chekago i. 41 His hand gave an involuntary tremor as he put down his glass. 2000 R. J. Evans Entertainment vii. 106 Slowly, Spiggsy put the spliff down. He looked pissed off. b. spec. To lay down and cease to give one's attention to (a piece of work, a book, etc.). ΚΠ 1769 S. Gunning Hermit I. xii. 144 Sally, who I had employed about some work of which I was grown tired, begged I would put down my book. 1796 Agatha III. i. 5 His sister put down her work, and spreading a coarse but clean cloth on the table, assisted her mother in the preparations for supper. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. 42 It is impossible to put down a book like the history of the French Academy..without being led to reflect upon the absence, in our own country, of any institution like the French Academy. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks xviii She put down her needlework. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xliv. 336 Margaret put down her work and regarded them absently. 1967 B. Cleary Mitch & Amy iii. 61 ‘You know, Mitchell, it's too bad stamper isn't a real word... And now why don't you go outside and play?’ Amy put down her book. ‘Yes Mitch,’ she said, ‘why don't you stamper out and play?’ 1973 R. A. Heinlein Let. 16 Sept. in R. A. Heinlein & V. Heinlein Grumbles from Grave (1990) 100 I intend to make it lively, hard to put down as a good novel by any of the millions of aspirant-writers-who-never-will-actually-write. 1995 New Scientist 25 Nov. 55/1 Those who have read the previous five Scarpettas may find this a slowstarter but, by the middle, it is impossible to put down. c. To cause or allow to alight from a vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > set down to set down1669 to put down1795 to leave off1848 land1853 to put off1867 drop1961 1795 J. Woodforde Diary 29 June (1929) IV. 210 We were put down at the White Hart in Stall Street. 1841 C. Dickens Let. 2 May (1969) II. 276 ‘Mind Coachman’ as the old ladies say ‘you take me as fur as ever you go, and don't you put me down till you come to the very end of the journey.’ 1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. viii. 397 I was put down at the station, where omnibuses were in waiting. 1953 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 13 Feb. 10/2 The truck driver put him down next to the road. 2002 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 19 Apr. 10 Most tour coaches put their passengers down here and pick up after an hour or so. d. To lay (a carpet, linoleum, etc.). ΚΠ 1856 R. Stuart Let. 1 Nov. in R. Stuart et al. Stuart Lett. (1961) II. 765 Do not forget, before putting down your carpets, to wash the floors well with strong alum water, & for a foot in breadth around the room, paint the floor with corrosive of sublimate, & you will never have a moth in your carpets. 1889 J. E. Panton Nooks & Corners 29 The darkest brown self-coloured linoleum put down all over the passages and halls. 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 142 The new rooms were left..uncarpeted; there were thin rugs put down. 1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) 86 Pugin also put down the encaustic tiles in the crossing and the choir. 2001 This Old House Apr. 83/1 About half of the flooring Hosking puts down is engineered—made of thin sheets of wood glued together like plywood. e. To place (a person) in a particular situation, environment, etc. ΚΠ 1864 A. K. H. Boyd Autumn Holidays Country Parson iii. 51 It is an unspeakable blessing for a man, that he should be put down among people who can understand him. 1904 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 5 149 Suppose a person with wise personality were to be put down among the patients. 1981 R. Barnard Mother's Boys iv. 48 This ruddy cough. It's the climate... They shouldn't have put people down in this climate. 2. transitive. a. To defeat or subdue (a person, army, etc.). Now rare or merged in sense 2b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > conquer or overcome overcomeeOE shendc893 awinc1000 overwinOE overheaveOE to lay downa1225 mate?c1225 discomfitc1230 win1297 dauntc1300 cumber1303 scomfit1303 fenkc1320 to bear downc1330 confoundc1330 confusec1330 to do, put arrear1330 oversetc1330 vanquishc1330 conquerc1374 overthrowc1375 oppressc1380 outfighta1382 to put downa1382 discomfortc1384 threshc1384 vencuea1400 depressc1400 venque?1402 ding?a1425 cumrayc1425 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 supprisec1440 ascomfita1450 to do stress?c1450 victorya1470 to make (win) a conquest1477 convanquish1483 conquest1485 defeat1485 oversailc1485 conques1488 discomfish1488 fulyie1488 distress1489 overpress1489 cravent1490 utter?1533 to give (a person) the overthrow1536 debel1542 convince1548 foil1548 out-war1548 profligate1548 proflige?c1550 expugnate1568 expugn1570 victor1576 dismay1596 damnify1598 triumph1605 convict1607 overman1609 thrash1609 beat1611 debellate1611 import1624 to cut to (or in) pieces1632 maitrise1636 worst1636 forcea1641 outfight1650 outgeneral1767 to cut up1803 smash1813 slosh1890 ream1918 hammer1948 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Job x. 8 Þyne hondis maden me..& so feerly þou puttist [a1425 L.V. castist] me doun [L. praecipitas me]. a1525 Bk. Chess 2160 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I Two rokis maye a king allone put dovne. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 6672 This Celidis, forsothe, fought with a speire, Polidamas to put doun & his pride felle. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1887 We shall put downe all that dare contest With vs. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse i. i. 93 in Wks. II To mount vp on a joynt-stoole, with a Iewes-trumpe, To put downe Cokeley. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. iv. 112 This island is become wretchedly poor ever since the King put down the French Corsairs in the Levant. 1795 Orations Delivered at Meeting Rom. Catholics of Dublin 5 We hear a murmur, I hope unauthorized, that the people must be put down and made tame! 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. vi. 106 The Levellers had opposed Cromwell, and he had put them down with the other troops. 1924 Amer. Mercury Dec. 449/1 There was, first of all, the attempt to put down the Birth Control agitators by strong-arm methods. 1979 Sat. Night (Toronto) May 19/2 His grandfather Bedson came out with the Wolseley expedition to put down Riel in 1870. b. To put an end to (an activity, practice, ideal, institution, etc.) by force or authority; to suppress, crush, quell; to abolish. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > overthrow or overturn to-warpc888 overwarpeOE fallOE cumber1303 overthrowc1375 overturna1382 subverta1382 overwalta1400 sinka1400 to wend downa1400 tuyrec1400 reverse1402 tirvec1420 pervert?a1425 to put downa1425 cumrayc1425 downthringc1430 overthwart?a1439 thringc1480 subvertise1484 succumb1490 renverse1521 precipitate?1528 everta1538 wrake1570 ruinate1590 profligate1643 wreck1749 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 4084 (MED) Alle haly kyrk sal be put don. c1432–1500 (c1390) G. Chaucer Lack of Steadfastness 15 Trouthe is put doun, resoun is holden fable. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 59 (MED) Thei wolde putt downe mannes reason in fulfillyng of their worldely desires. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dv This gyft suppresseth and putteth downe all carnalitees. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 368 It is impossible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put downe . View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xxiii. 23) Capistranus..got a great deal of respect to his doctrine by putting down..mask-interludes, &c. 1730 R. Millar Hist. Church under Old Test. i. 137 He seems to have been a good peaceable Man, raised up to reform Abuses, to put down Idolatry, [etc.]. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. ii. 21 Sir Peter is such an enemy to scandal, I believe he would have it put down by parliament. 1836 Times 14 Nov. 7/2 I tell Lord Wodehouse..that he will never put down Popery of the Irish people. 1891 Law Times 91 32/2 Putting down the fraudulent devices by means of which the pockets of..investors are..picked. 1911 Catholic Encycl. X. 739/1 Nehemias..put down the abuses with severity. 1961 W. Brandon Indians 343/1 The Canadian North West Mounted Police were organized specifically to put down this whiskey trade north of the border. 1992 Economist 28 Mar. 86/1 Almost two months after loyal troops put down an attempted military coup against President Carlos Andres Perez of Venezuela, political life..has yet to return to normal. 1998 Guardian 24 Oct. 7 Their view is that Chilean fascism was essentially reactive; a swift move to put down communism and calm things down economically. 3. transitive. a. To depose from office or authority; to dethrone; to diminish in status or dignity.In later use esp. in echoes of Luke 1:52 (see quot. c1384). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke i. 52 He puttide [v.r. putte; a1425 L.V. sette] doun [L. deposuit] myȝty men fro seete. c1400 Brut 247 His fader was in warde in þe castel of Kenylworþ, and eke was put doun of his realte. ?a1425 (?a1350) T. Castleford Chron. Lear 261 in G. Haselbach & G. Hartmann Festschrift (1957) 223 (MED) They put hym doune..And partyd Bryttaine þame betuene. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 229 (MED) Might many be founde..the whiche..haue ben beten..and put downe from the worship of knyghthode in the degre of seruing footmen. a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 2229, in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 71 Ȝour sagis wald put ȝow dovn And ȝour son..Thai will mak king in to ȝour steid. ?1570–1 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis in Vernacular Writings (1892) 30 Ye lordis wald not consent to put down ye quene or derogat hir of hir authoritie in ony maner. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. ii. 37 Inspired with the spirit of putting down Kings and Princes. View more context for this quotation 1682 R. L'Estrange Remarks Growth & Progress Non-conformity 20 [He] advises the Parliament to put down the Bishops whether the Queen would or no. 1707 tr. Alcoran of Lewis XIV Pref. sig. A2v His [sc. God's] Work is now begun, the great Work of putting down the Mighty from their Seat. 1708 R. Newcourt Eccl. Parochial Hist. Diocese London 308 Sir Nic. Carew..lost his Head..for devising to promote Reginald Pole to the Crown, and put down King Henry. 1766 E. Capell Refl. Originality in Authors 60 He [sc. the Earl of Warwick] made Kings and put down Kings almost at his pleasure. 1837 Times 27 Jan. 2/1 If that is the case, you will exclaim, why should not the Lords and Commons put down the King? 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xlvii. 477 Judges..were almost tools of the king, who could set them up and put them down at his pleasure. 1913 H. Belloc in New Witness 1 May 818 You [soldiers] that put down the mighty from their seat, And fought to fill the hungry with good things; And..trailed your scabbards in the halls of kings. 1993 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. 1 e There's nothing new to..the recognition that God chooses the lowly and puts down the mighty. b. To bring down the presumption, pride, or self-esteem of (a person); to snub; to better in argument, to reduce to silence. Also (now chiefly): to disparage, find fault with, esp. in a humiliating or belittling manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > humiliate [verb (transitive)] anitherOE fellOE lowc1175 to lay lowc1225 to set adownc1275 snuba1340 meekc1350 depose1377 aneantizea1382 to bring lowa1387 declinea1400 meekenc1400 to pull downc1425 avalec1430 to-gradea1440 to put downc1440 humble1484 alow1494 deject?1521 depress1526 plucka1529 to cut (rarely to cast down) the comb of?1533 to bring down1535 to bring basec1540 adbass1548 diminish1560 afflict1561 to take down1562 to throw down1567 debase1569 embase1571 diminute1575 to put (also thrust) a person's nose out of jointc1576 exinanite1577 to take (a person) a peg lower1589 to take (a person) down a peg (or two)1589 disbasea1592 to take (a person) down a buttonhole (or two)1592 comb-cut1593 unpuff1598 atterr1605 dismount1608 annihilate1610 crest-fall1611 demit1611 pulla1616 avilea1617 to put a scorn on, upon1633 mortify1639 dimit1658 to put a person's pipe out1720 to let down1747 to set down1753 humiliate1757 to draw (a person's) eyeteeth1789 start1821 squabash1822 to wipe a person's eye1823 to crop the feathers of1827 embarrass1839 to knock (also take, etc.) (a person) off his or her perch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 to cut out of all feather1865 to sit on ——1868 to turn down1870 to score off1882 to do (a person) in the eye1891 puncture1908 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 to cut down to size1927 flatten1932 to slap (a person) down1938 punk1963 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] threac897 threapc897 begripea1000 threata1000 castea1200 chaste?c1225 takec1275 blame1297 chastya1300 sniba1300 withnima1315 undernima1325 rebukec1330 snuba1340 withtakea1340 reprovec1350 chastisea1375 arate1377 challenge1377 undertake1377 reprehenda1382 repreync1390 runta1398 snapea1400 underfoc1400 to call to account1434 to put downc1440 snebc1440 uptakec1440 correptc1449 reformc1450 reprise?c1450 to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450 control1451 redarguec1475 berisp1481 to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522 checkc1530 admonish1541 nip1548 twig?1550 impreve1552 lesson1555 to take down1562 to haul (a person) over the coals1565 increpate1570 touch1570 school1573 to gather up1577 task1580 redarguate?1590 expostulate1592 tutor1599 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 to sharp up1647 round1653 threapen1671 reprimand1681 to take to task1682 document1690 chapter1693 repulse1746 twink1747 to speak to ——1753 haul1795 to pull up1799 carpet1840 rig1841 to talk to1860 to take (a person) to the woodshed1882 rawhide1895 to tell off1897 to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900 to get on ——1904 to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908 strafe1915 tick1915 woodshed1935 to slap (a person) down1938 sort1941 bind1942 bottle1946 mat1948 ream1950 zap1961 elder1967 c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 30 Þe toþer es tribulacyon, to putt hym down with many scharpnes. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 140 Lord, Lord, how the Ladies and I haue put him downe. View more context for this quotation 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood Satyre iv. sig. E I scorne..To let a Bow-bell Cockney put me downe. 1683 J. Oldham Poems & Transl. 186 Ready of Wit, harden'd of Impudence, Able with ease to put down either H—. 1794 R. Cumberland Box-lobby Challenge iii. 26 By my soul, this fellow's impudence puts me down. 1831 T. B. Macaulay Boswell's Life Johnson in Ess. (1887) 181 With what stately contempt she put down his impertinence. 1888 W. J. Knox-Little Child of Stafferton xiv The peremptoriness with which Lady Dorothy put him down. 1923 G. M. Trevelyan Manin & Venetian Revol. vi. 112 The principal speaker was Avesani, an eloquent and able lawyer who at once put Palffy down when he tried to speak in a tone of authority. 1969 Down Beat 20 Mar. 31/3 It became fashionable to put him down as too much of a showman and not enough of a jazzman. 1988 J. Bradshaw Healing Shame that Binds You ii. viii. 159 She was contemptuous of her body and put herself down with comparisons and self-labeling. 2004 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 20 Nov. c1/5 Two girls gossip and put down another girl who isn't with them. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > put in the shade or put to shame shamec1400 to put down1494 extinguish1551 stain1557 overshadow1581 cloud1582 defacea1592 shend1596 to lay up1601 to shine down1623 dazzle1643 umbrage1647 foila1687 efface1717 eclipse1718 shade?1748 put into the shade1796 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 to put to shame1854 to leave (a person) standing1864 to lay over1869 blanket1884 upstage1921 1494 Loutfut MS f. 8v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Put And thairby is the noble office dymynit and put doune & gentilnes..litill prisit. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. E2 Readie to..dye for greefe if hee bee put downe in Brauery neuer so little. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. ii. iii. 572 Lucullus wardrope is put downe by our ordinary cittizens. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Author's Apol. sig. A5 Holy Writ, Which for its Stile, and Phrase puts down all Wit. View more context for this quotation 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 209 Her Rooms, anew at ev'ry Christ'ning drest, Put down the Court, and vex the City-Guest. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. x. 56 Your brother is indeed enough to put all other men down. 4. transitive. To kill, put to death. Now chiefly (euphemistic): to kill (an old, sick, or injured animal) in a humane manner. Cf. to put to sleep at sleep n. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 a1525 Bk. Sevyne Sagis 581 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 19 Þai may þe slepand tak And þan but mercy put þe dovne. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 10v Lufe..slais the saull, and puttis the bodie down. 1589 Reg. St. John's Church Newcastle May in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 674 Alice Stokoe..did put downe herselfe [i.e. hanged herself] in her maister's house in her own belt. 1776 D. Herd Anc. & Mod. Sc. Songs (ed. 2) II. 55 We were fifteen well-made men,..And we were a' put down but ane, For a fair young wanton ladie. 1810 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (new ed.) II. 94 Little wist Marie Hamilton..That she was ga'en to Edinburgh town, And a' to be put down. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 446 Word came that Eppy Telefer had ‘put down’ herself over night, and was found hanging dead in her own little cottage at day~break. 1899 H. D. Rawnsley Life & Nat. Eng. Lakes 173 A dog that shows signs of worrying [sheep] is ‘put down’ at once. a1935 W. Holtby South Riding (1936) iv. v. 253 Best have him [sc. a dog] put down, mercifully. 1975 H. Ellison Gentleman Junkie 235 Any kid would say he was going to put his old man down, like that,..was something pretty odd. 2004 Horse & Hound 8 Jan. 7/5 A horse showing symptoms of paralytic herpes virus..has been put down in Kent. 5. transitive. a. To set down in writing, write down; to enter or record in a written document; to enter (one's or another's name) as a member, subscriber, etc., or as having opted or been selected for something. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > set down in writing adighteOE to set on writea900 dightc1000 writeOE brevea1225 layc1330 indite1340 take1418 annote1449 printa1450 scribe1465 redact?a1475 reduce1485 letter1504 recite1523 to commit to writing (also paper)1529 pen1530 reduce?1533 token up1535 scripture1540 titulea1550 to set down1562 quote1573 to put down1574 paper1594 to write down1594 apprehend1611 fix1630 exarate1656 depose1668 put1910 society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > enter on record writeOE setc1175 embreve?c1225 enrolc1350 enter1389 rollc1400 enact1467 act1475 enchroniclea1513 ascribe1532 re-enter1535 to put down1574 register1597 inscroll1600 emologea1639 spread1823 to book in1860 to sign on1879 log1889 sign1894 to sign out1916 to sign in1924 1574 T. Tymme tr. J. de Serres Three Partes Comm. Ciuill Warres Fraunce iii. 98 The Prince of Conde also declared his reasons more particularlye, and put downe this in writing as the summe of all his petitions. 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. xv. 404 S. Augustine telleth them that as the Apostle hath put it [sc. the Greek word] downe with al the circumstances, there is no ambiguitie at al that might deceiue any man. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 420 A note by some Reader put downe in the margine..for some memoriall and observation. 1678 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 124 Ffor a Book to put down the Burials in Woollen. 1707 tr. M. Alemán Life Guzman d'Alfarache II. xxiii. 307 I paid him, and he immediately put my name down in the Roll of the Brethren. 1766 P. Playstowe Gentleman's Guide in Tour Through France 27 The curiousities are as follow, which I shall put down in French, as they will by that means be easiest found out. 1824 Examiner 397/2 Mr. Bolton put down his name for 200l. 1879 M. Pattison Milton iv. 47 Milton consented to put down his thoughts on paper. 1918 Stars & Stripes 1 Mar. 5/4 That..will probably result in his putting you down for service on the next raid. 1940 Hansard Lords 6 Aug. 148 The object was to enable noble Lords to put down questions which they would wish to see mentioned in the House. 1985 Financial Times 22 Aug. i. 13/1 If you can raise a laugh in Scarborough,..you can put your name down for a council house in the Falklands. 2001 Sci. Fiction Chron. July 14/3 Regardless of how many people put down Jedi as their religion..it is not up to us to recognize or not recognize religions. b. figurative. To attribute, charge, or credit (a circumstance, event, etc.) to (originally to the account of). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] titleOE aretc1340 witena1375 witnea1375 reta1382 depute1382 wite1382 seta1387 layc1425 expoundc1430 imputec1480 attribue1481 assign1489 reckon1526 attribute1530 count1535 allot?1556 draw1578 object1613 prefer1628 entitle1629 implya1641 to score (something) on1645 intitule1651 put1722 to put down1723 charge1737 own1740 place1802 to set down1822 affiliate1823 1723 J. Reynolds Inq. State & Œcon. Angelical Worlds xxiii. 112 His Death was not Legally Due for and from himself, but might be put down to the Account of others. 1740 tr. A. Banier Mythol. & Fables Ancients IV. iii. vi. 113 All these great Events, were put down to his [sc. Hercules'] Account. 1833 W. G. Simms Bk. my Lady 121 [They] put it down to a spiritual influence. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 572 Much of this precipitousness in judging must in candour be put down to Niebuhr's youth. 1892 E. Lytton Let. 18 Nov. in E. Lutyens Blessed Girl (1953) ix. 179 When he comes down cured..Sir Augustus puts it down to Eno's Fruit Salts. 1910 E. M. Forster Howards End xxxiv. 276 And it was all put down to poor Henry's account! 1934 A. L. Rowse Diary 5 Mar. (2003) 81 All that weekend I was in a dazed condition, not knowing what to do with myself:..I put it down to being fagged. 2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 54 Some get on a sight better than others. What do you put that down to—luck? c. To judge or presume (a person or thing) to be; to reckon or estimate as or at; to take for. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as telleOE talec897 seeOE letc1000 holdc1200 reckon1340 aima1382 accounta1387 counta1387 judgec1390 takea1400 countc1400 receivec1400 existimatec1430 to look on ——?c1430 makec1440 reputea1449 suppose1474 treatc1485 determinea1513 recount?c1525 esteem1526 believe1533 estimate?1533 ascribe1535 consider1539 regard1547 count1553 to look upon ——1553 take1561 reck1567 eye?1593 censure1597 subscribe1600 perhibit1613 behold1642 resent1642 attributea1657 fancy1662 vogue1675 decount1762 to put down1788 to set down1798 rate1854 have1867 mean1878 1788 Olla Podrida 42 He immediately put me down, as he said, for a dry fellow. 1839 R. Dawes Nix's Mate I. ix. 224 I suppose we may put her down at half that age, hey? 1890 Chambers's Jrnl. 7 June 358/1 I should..have put him down as a Yankee but for his accent. 1932 H. V. Morton In Search of Wales v. 83 A man..asks me for a match to light his pipe. We fall into conversation. I put him down as a miner; and I am right. 1959 J. Cary Captive & Free 211 The public is used to grievance-mongers and despises 'em—they'll put him down for a crack-pot. 1965 Listener 21 Oct. 640/2 A fellow thirteen-year-old confessed..to an adoration of Katherine Mansfield—and I..at once put him down as affected. 2005 C. Cleave Incendiary 145 I hadn't put her down for the sort of girl who has feelings. 6. transitive. To deposit or guarantee (a gambling stake); to pay (a deposit). ΚΠ a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1715) I. i. 68 The Stake put down, each Courtier Plays. 1726 Whole Art & Myst. of Mod. Gaming 81 A certain Gentleman and fair Lady..have been observed to put down their Money upon a certain Favourite Number. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iv. 341 When I was a boy the te-totum had only four sides, each of them marked with a letter; a T for take all..and a P for put down, that is, a stake equal to that you put down at first. 1863 Times 23 Mar. 10/3 The cards having come to Garcia he put down a stake of 2,000f. 1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death takes Wife xv. 198 Put down money for a joint you didn't frisk in advance. 1991 Investors Chron. 16 Aug. 27/2 Holding currency positions in the forward or futures markets by putting down a deposit, or a percentage of the full value of the contract. 7. transitive. Cricket. (a) (Of a fielder or wicketkeeper) to hit or break (a wicket), dislodging a bail; (b) (of a batter) to stop or strike (a difficult delivery) without attempting to score; (c) (of a bowler) to deliver (a ball); (d) (of a fielder) to drop (a catch); to drop a catch from (a batter). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] > knock down wicket to put down1727 rip1831 to throw down1833 take1836 rattle1840 spreadeagle1868 to break the wicket1875 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke take1578 stop1744 nip1752 block1772 drive1773 cut1816 draw1816 tip1816 poke1836 spoon1836 mow1844 to put up1845 smother1845 sky1849 crump1850 to pick up1851 pull1851 skyrocket1851 swipe1851 to put down1860 to get away1868 smite1868 snick1871 lift1874 crack1882 smack1882 off-drive1888 snip1890 leg1892 push1893 hook1896 flick1897 on-drive1897 chop1898 glance1898 straight drive1898 cart1903 edge1904 tonk1910 sweep1920 mishook1934 middle1954 square-drive1954 tickle1963 square-cut1976 slash1977 splice1982 paddle1986 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > field [verb (transitive)] > drop (a catch) to put down1893 grass1956 spill1975 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)] bowl1739 pitch1772 trundle1849 to send down1871 to put down1924 1727 Articles of Agreem. for Two Cricket Matches (West Sussex Rec. Office: Goodwood 1884) No Player shall be deemed out by any Wicket put down unless with the Ball in Hand. 1775 New Articles Game of Cricket 4 If the Players have crossed each other, he that runs for the Wicket that is put down, is out. 1816 W. Lambert Instr. & Rules Cricket 38 If the Striker should move off his ground, with an intention to run, the Wicket-keeper will then do his best, and endeavour to put down the wicket, which is called stumping out. 1860 Baily's Monthly Mag. Oct. 41 With rare patience did he stop at home and skilfully put down the slows, rarely even attempting to hit them. 1893 R. Daft Kings of Cricket xv. 260 I have often seen little men put down with ease a bumping ball which many taller men would let hit their fingers. 1906 A. E. Knight Compl. Cricketer iv. 150 When bowlers or wicket-keepers neglect this precaution [of keeping behind the wicket], it may happen that the throw forces them back upon the wicket which they are unable to legitimately put down. 1924 A. C. Maclaren Cricket Old & New xiv. 140 On sticky wickets I should doubt if he ever put down a bad ball. 1955 I. Peebles Ashes vii. 67 He had another bit of luck when Hole put him down at first slip. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. x. 191 From the first ball, to Graeme Wood, Mike Gatting put down a chance at slip. 8. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > relinquish or give up [verb (transitive)] > something expensive to put down1733 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > refrain from using [verb (transitive)] > cease to use leaveeOE to lay downa1450 abuse1471 disuse1487 to leave off1570 sink1705 to put down1733 to hang up (one's sword, gun, etc.)1826 1733 Dialogue between Mr. D’Anvers & Mr. Cut 4 I must needs be undone, Or 'bate of my former Expences; Put down Coach and Six..Or turn off, at least, half my Wenches. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal I. xi. 86 My wife's chariot shall not be put down, nor will I deny myself a bottle of claret. 1842 D. Boucicault Irish Heiress i. 7 If Supple will only keep it quiet, I might retrench. Aye,—but where? Could I put down my cab. 1860 Punch 24 Nov. 201/2 Papa should in all conscience have put down his expensive military establishment before he proceeded to ask for pecuniary assistance at the hands of his children. 1895 Times 20 June 10/5 In hard times one man put down his carriage, another his litigation. 1904 Gentleman's Mag. July 24 De Guiscard was obliged to put down his coach, dismiss most of his servants, and finally pawn his plate. b. transitive. U.S. colloquial. Chiefly in African-American use: to abandon, reject, spurn; to quit, give up. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > casting or laying aside > [verb (transitive)] to let awaya1000 forcast?c1225 to lay downc1275 forthrow1340 flita1375 removea1382 to cast away1382 understrewc1384 castc1390 to lay awaya1400 to lay asidec1440 slingc1440 warpiss1444 to lay from, offc1480 way-put1496 depose1526 to lay apart1526 to put off1526 to set apart1530 to turn up1541 abandonate?1561 devest1566 dispatch1569 decarta1572 discard1578 to make away1580 to fling away1587 to cast off1597 doff1599 cashier1603 to set by1603 moult1604 excuss1607 retorta1616 divest1639 deposit1646 disentail1667 dismiss1675 slough1845 shed1856 jettison1869 shake1872 offload1900 junk1911 dump1919 sluff1934 bin1940 to put down1944 shitcan1973 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject awarpc1000 forwerpeOE warpc1000 nillOE warnc1300 reprovec1350 to put abacka1382 to throw awaya1382 repugnc1384 to put awaya1387 waivec1386 forshoota1400 disavowc1400 defyc1405 disprovec1430 repelc1443 flemea1450 to put backa1500 reject?1504 refutea1513 repulse1533 refel1548 repudiate1548 disallowa1555 project?1567 expel1575 discard1578 overrule1578 forsay1579 check1601 decard1605 dismiss1608 reprobate1609 devow1610 retorta1616 disclaimc1626 noforsootha1644 respuate1657 reluctate1668 negative1778 no-ball1862 basket1867 to set one's foot down1873 not to have any (of it, that, this)1895 to put down1944 eighty-six1959 neg1987 1944 C. B. Himes in Negro Story Dec. 18/1 I done put you down first. Me and George Brown is getting married. 1953 D. Wallop Night Light xii. 135 You really ought to put school down and play full-time. 1964 Amer. Folk Music Occas. No. 1. 62 My mother was the mother of all those kids and my father look like he wanted to put her down, leave her. 1973 M. H. Mathers Riding Rails 120 It was his last ride [as a hobo]; he was putting her down. 9. transitive. To sink or dig (a shaft, well, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > excavate or sink a shaft or tunnel drive1665 hole1708 to put down1778 shank1821 drift1849 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis ii. iii. 107 The adit in this place, seems to give the Miners some direction, how and where to put down their shaft. 1854 Illustr. Sydney News 5 Aug. 186/1 Hundreds of shicers (a name given to unproductive shafts) have been put down. 1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 1 We found that we ought to put down an entirely fresh drawing pit. 1906 Indian Laws & Treaties III. 239 The sum of five thousand dollars..[is] appropriated..to enable the Secretary of the Interior to put down an artesian well. 1955 Winnipeg Free Press 1 Aug. 3/6 We intend to go right ahead and put down a shaft on the Irgon mining claim at Cat Lake. 2006 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 23 Sept. 20 JCI put down an exploration shaft in 1980 from which it reported average grades of 3.6 per cent copper. 10. transitive. To preserve and store (food); = to put up 1a(b) at Phrasal verbs 1. Now chiefly North American. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > pickle or preserve [verb (transitive)] souse1387 conditec1420 comfit1484 pickle1526 confect1558 preserve1563 marl1598 murine1656 marble1661 mango1728 caveach1739 to put down1782 process1878 1782 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Norfolk (1787) II. 248 Nevertheless the more judiciously it [sc. butter] is put down, the longer it will retain its sweetness. 1833 W. Cobbett Cottage Econ. vi. §152 The lard, nicely put down, will last a long while for all the purposes for which it is wanted. 1881 S. O. Jewett Country By-Ways 40 He's put down a kag of excellent beef. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 14 May 2/1 I have just bought eleven score of new-laid eggs..and put them down in water-glass to use all through the time when eggs are dear. 1959 Home Encycl. 22 While runner beans are plentiful, it is an excellent plan to put some down in salt for winter use. 1974 A. Munro Something I've been meaning to tell You 46 ‘I haven't got the right kind of stomach to trust what comes out of those tins, I can only eat home canning.’ I could have slapped her. I bet she never put down fruit in her life. 1983 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 20 Nov. 23 No one ‘puts down’ eggs now—their cost is much the same year-long—nor does anyone salt butter. 2001 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 28 Nov. e1 For the most part, the preserving process is very easy, even for those who never saw their mothers put down fruits and vegetables in the fall. 11. transitive. To eat or drink, esp. in large quantities; to consume. Cf. to put away 3b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] brookc950 abiteOE haveOE afangOE takec1175 notea1200 usec1300 spendc1380 consumec1400 partake1602 pree1680 discuss1751 tuck1784 to put down1795 to be (also go) at the ——1796 go1830 kill1833 to put away1839 down1852 to put over1880 to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880 shift1896 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 66 Chloe..Could put down nought at last, but nice tid-bits. 1846 Spirit of Times 18 Apr. 92/2 He put down two gallons more to get up the drunk—drinked it right down without winkin'. 1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks xxii. 307 It beats all nater..how much boys can put down when they try. 1935 G. Greene Eng. made Me (1992) i. 25 ‘You do put it down, Kate,’ Anthony said... He didn't believe in girls drinking. 1980 S. Trott When your Lover Leaves (1981) 63 I watched Ishmael put down enough ham and eggs and potatoes for three men. 2003 Nation's Restaurant News 17 Feb. 14/2 A whitehaired gentleman who looks as if he might have put down a Butter Burger or two in his day. 12. transitive. To put (a child) to bed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > put in bed or provide a bed for [verb (transitive)] bedc1175 to bring to bed, abedc1320 tuck1692 to put down1849 1849 E. C. Gaskell Hand & Heart i She'll tire you..you'd better let me put her down in her cot. 1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind xxv. 231 There's baby fast asleep!... Shall I put him down, mother? 1944 F. Powdermaker & L. I. Grimes Intelligent Parents' Man. iii. 33 The mother should reduce the number of hours she puts her baby down to sleep. 1978 P. Niesewand Underground Connection 152 ‘Is the baby asleep?’ ‘I think so. She went off very quickly when I put her down.’ 1991 A. McCarten Modest Apocalypse & Other Stories 140 He'd fed the child semolina and put her down for the night. 13. transitive. a. To plant or propagate (a crop, etc.). ΚΠ 1865 Cornhill Mag. May 587 To put down some bedding-out plants. 1911 E. Glanville in S. Playne Cape Colony 661 He was also manuring his ground with kraal manure and it was possible for him to put down 1,000 acres of lucerne. 1978 B. Friel Living Quarters ii. 65 You should put down spuds in this garden next year. 2006 Delta Farm Press (Nexis) 10 Nov. 1 We all thought it was a good idea to put down a cover crop to hold off erosion. b. British. Shooting. To release (game birds reared in captivity) into an area for the shooting season. ΚΠ 1884 W. Carnegie Pract. Game Preserving x. 83 The best spot to put down partridges in spring is in a dry rough pasture. 1976 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 18 Nov. 28/2 Only a handful of redlegs are put down here, the majority of birds being wild grey partridges which flew well. 1990 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Feb. As many as 20 million pheasants may be ‘put down’..every year in order to satisfy the demand for shooty bangs up and down the country. 2006 Field July 6/2 We put down about 21,000 birds a year, there are 35 days with 17 drives and they are fully booked every season. 14. transitive. a. Angling. To cause (a fish) to swim deep in the water. ΚΠ 1891 Longman's Mag. Feb. 389 The descent of the mist..‘puts down’ the trout and prevents them from feeding. 1958 Times 19 Nov. 12/6 A heron had alighted on the far bank and I told myself that it was putting the fish down. 1991 Fly Rod & Reel July 72/2 Add in the frustration of putting fish down or simply being unable to raise fish. ΚΠ 1892 Field 7 May 695/3 Doon, who was put down by hand, moved a little as the gun was fired. 15. transitive. To replace (a telephone receiver), thereby ending a call. to put the phone down: to hang up (on a person). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > replace receiver to put down1904 cradle1956 1904 Perry (Iowa) Daily Chief 30 July He put down the receiver with a sigh of thankfulness and proceeded to figure out how much he was in the telephone company's debt. 1941 Q. Reynolds Wounded don't Cry xx. 244 ‘Yes, I've got it. Yes, East End Avenue. Right away.’ She put down the phone. 1970 ‘M. Carroll’ Bait v. 67 He put the phone down on me before I could say a word. 1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels v. 77 Geoff put down the receiver and explained gloomily to Marion what was expected of them. 2000 H. Fielding in N. Hornby Speaking with Angel 139 She put the phone down on me for the first time ever in our lives and then I went for a bourbon. 16. a. intransitive. Of an aircraft or spacecraft, or its pilot: to land. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > land land1784 alight1786 to sit down1926 to put down1933 to touch down1933 to hit the deck1943 1933 C. K. Stewart Speech Amer. Airman (M.A. thesis, Univ. of Akron) 85 Put down, to, to land. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Dec. 17/1 The badly damaged C-47 landed at Phillips Field, while the Eastern Airliner put down at Washington. 1976 New Scientist 24 June 683/1 If there are no hitches the Viking lander should put down early on 5 July. 2000 N. DeMille Lion's Game xiii. 110 They could jettison their bombs in the drink and put down at some airport in France or Spain. b. transitive. To land (an aircraft or spacecraft). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > land land1916 to touch down1935 to put down1939 1939 War Pictorial 6 Oct. 7/3 Orders are to ‘put down’ the machine on the two-acre landing-deck of a naval aircraft-carrier. 1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose i. 14 They put her [sc. a freighter] down at Launceston and taxied in. 1962 K. W. Gatland Astronautics in Sixties xi. 338 A Surveyor-type probe would be put down close to the desired landing point. 1985 M. Parfit South Light (1988) i. 8 A safe place to put down a large airplane in the extremity known as a whiteout. 17. transitive. a. U.S. colloquial. Chiefly in African-American use: to perform; to do; to say. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > execute, perform, or carry out [verb (intransitive)] dightc1275 dispensec1374 performa1382 to go througha1460 voyagec1500 to do one's do1650 to put down1943 1943 Yank 13 Jan. 20/3 ‘Those studs put down some fine actions,’ the cats would say. 1944 D. Burley Orig. Handbk. Harlem Jive 145 Put down, say, perform, describe, do. 1951 W. S. Burroughs Let. 5 May (1993) 86 I have seen a lot of people putting down a ‘I'm woman-oriented now’ routine when they aren't with it at all. 1973 D. Ellington Music is my Mistress 130 Almost everybody seems to dig what they're talking about, or putting down. 2003 V. O. Carter Such Sweet Thunder 140 He was more of a actor, Babe. He put down some deep stuff. I will never forgit 'im in The Count of Monte Cristo. b. Music (originally Jazz). To play or perform (music). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique > in jazz sock1927 groove1935 swing1936 to put down1952 1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. vi. 67 He put down a good walking beat. 1953 Down Beat 11 Feb. 16/3 Those old masters have really put something down, and it'll be a long, long time before those basic sounds change. 1968 Down Beat 7 Mar. 19/3 But the tenor saxophonists..reasoned that Coleman had been away from the source too long to know the hot licks that Harlem was putting down now. 1996 Source Aug. 12/2 Presiding over the bedlam is the ever sweat-coated Funkmaster Flex, puttin' it down on the turntables. c. Originally North American. To make a recording of (a song or piece of music). ΚΠ 1962 G. Gould Let. 26 June in Sel. Lett. (1992) 63 Getting back to solo piano endeavours, I think it is time to put down..another collection of Mozart sonatas. 1977 Zigzag June 19/2 [The band] Television put down ten tracks in four nights with Eno. 1992 Down Beat Dec. 17/2 In 1987, Marsalis went into the recording studio to put down the music that would be released as Majesty Of The Blues. 2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 8 Nov. 3 To record in a way that we feel works best for us..was a case of putting down as much as we can live because..we sound better live. < as lemmas |
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