vverb.motionmove something or somebody to a lower positionSynset:bring down get down let down lower
Examples:- take down the vase from the shelf
Antonyms:raise
Derivationally Related Form:lowerlowering
Hypernyms:displace move
Inherited Hypernyms:lowermove
Direct Hyponyms:depressdipinclinereef
Causes:come down descend fall go down
Full Troponyms:depressdipinclinereef
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP | They --- the bags on the table (apply to: lower)
vverb.emotionreduce in worth or character, usually verballySynset:degrade demean disgrace put down
Examples:- She tends to put down younger women colleagues
- His critics took him down after the lecture
Derivationally Related Form:degradationtakedownput-down
Hypernyms:abase chagrin humble humiliate mortify
Inherited Hypernyms:take downhumiliatehurtarousemake
Direct Hyponyms:dehumanisedehumanizereduce
Full Troponyms:dehumanizereduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.creationtear down so as to make flat with the groundSynset:dismantle level pull down rase raze tear down
Examples:- The building was levelled
Antonyms:raise
Derivationally Related Form:levelrazing
Hypernyms:destroy destruct
Inherited Hypernyms:leveldestroyunmake
Direct Hyponyms:bulldoze
Full Troponyms:bulldoze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationmake a written note ofSynset:note
Examples:- she noted everything the teacher said that morning
Derivationally Related Form:notenotation
Hypernyms:get down put down set down write down
Inherited Hypernyms:notewrite downwritecommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE