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Put Down

Definition: Put Down

Put Down

Verb

1. Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here".

2. Put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed".

3. Cause to come to the ground; of aircraft.

4. Reduce in worth, character, etc.; disgrace; dishonour.

5. Leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo;.

6. Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

7. Make a record of; set down in permanent form.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Put Down

DomainDefinition

Multilingual Slang

Dutch (afzeiken). (references)

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Synonyms: Put Down

Synonyms: bring down (v), degrade (v), demean (v), discharge (v), disgrace (v), drop (v), enter (v), get down (v), land (v), lay (v), place down (v), record (v), repose (v), set down (v), unload (v), write down (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Put Down

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Attribution

Verb: attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.

Compulsion

Force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial; put down, dragoon.

Destruction

Destroy; do away with, make away with; nullify; annual; sacrifice, demolish; tear up; overturn, overthrow, overwhelm; upset, subvert, put an end to; seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo; break up, cut up; break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down; suppress, quash, put down, do a job on; cut short, take off, blot out; dispel, dissipate, dissolve; consume.

Disrepute

Bring low, put down, snub; take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two.

Disrespect

Verb: hold in disrespect; (despise); misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; be disrespectful; Adjective:, be discourteous; treat with disrespect;Noun: set down, put down, browbeat.

Humility

Render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame, mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear.

Noncompletion

Verb: not complete; leave unfinished; Adjective:, leave undone, drop, put down; neglect; let alone, let slip; lose sight of (forget).

Payment

Pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; cough up, fork over; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend; put down, lay down.

Record

Verb: record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory; (remember); commemorate; (celebrate); report; (inform); write, commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum; make a return.

Resolution

Adjective: resolved; Verb: determined; strong-willed, strong-minded; resolute; (brave); self-possessed; decided, definitive, peremptory, tranchant; unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking; firm, iron, gritty, indomitable, game to the backbone; inexorable, relentless, not to be shaken, not to be put down; tenax propositi; inflexible; (hard); obstinate; steady; (persevering) a.

Stability

Settle down; strike roots, put down roots, take root; take up one's abode; build one's house on a rock.

Success

Defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit; euchre; overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach; outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote; take the wind out of one's adversary's sails; beat, beat hollow; rout, lick, drub, floor, worst; put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court.

Vegetability|

Verb: vegetate, grow roots, put down roots.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Put Down

English words defined with "put down": conquer, curbDown withget downinhibitkeep downLouis XIputdownablequashreduce, repressset down, stamp down, step, subdue, subjugate, suppressTo cough down, To face down, To put down, treadunputdownablewrite down. (references)
Specialty definitions using "put down": Asnapper, AssassinsCaterpillars, cored holedeep wellFlagellantsGiants' War with JoveJansenistsNCB boring towersealing coat, Seremenestoe-to-toe drilling. (references)
Etymologies containing "put down": Hypotheca. (references)

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Modern Usage: Put Down

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You mean, you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword, and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people? (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

Put down the fizzy-gun! (Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law; writing credit: Dave Cummings; Paul Whitehouse)

Oh, you mean 'cause of how the only guy that ever liked her turned into a vicious killer and had to be put down like a dog? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

It could get worsewhy don't you just be a good girl and put down your sword. (Queen of Swords; writing credit: Durnford King; James Thorpe)

Easy to pick up, hard to put down. (Die xue shuang xiong; writing credit: John Woo)

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Commercial Usage: Put Down

DomainTitle

Books

  • Death, The Last Enemy We Can Put Down (reference)

  • How Private Geo. W. Peck put down the rebellion (reference)

  • How Private Peck Put Down the Rebellion (reference)

  • Managers, Put Down Your Tools -- Alternatives To The Latest Management Fads [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Put Down the Duckie and Other Great New Hits from Sesame Street (4108) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

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Photo Album: Put Down

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

You haven't put down my greatest gain, our realization that we've just begun to fight. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Use in Literature: Put Down

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Miss Nash has put down all the texts he has ever preached from since he came to Highbury.

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

Then it put down the umbrella and began with the parasol.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It must be put down, and that was duty, for it attacked the republic.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He put down the hand that held the meat.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Put Down

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

An avid reader, Peggy couldn't put down the new mystery thriller. (references)

Business

According to a DIW official interviewed, European and Japanese manufacturers have had greater success in the Thai market because they have been more willing to put down large investments into market development and technological transfer. (references)

Economic History

Spain

However, the great majority of the military forces remained loyal to King Juan Carlos, who used his personal authority to put down the bloodless coup attempt. (references)

Mali

His efforts at consolidating the single-party government were challenged in 1980 by student-led, anti-government demonstrations, which were brutally put down, and by three coup attempts. (references)

Taiwan

The island-wide rioting was brutally put down by Nationalist Chinese troops, who killed thousands of people. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

Members of the CIMO specialized police unit were brought in to put down the riot. (references)

Brazil

In April civil police were called in to put down a rebellion that occurred at a prison for women in Sao Paulo City. (references)

Yemen

The Government at times uses excessive force to put down demonstrations and riots. (references)

Political Economy

Libya

Government authorities put down the violence, but then expelled hundreds of thousands of African migrants. (references)

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Expressions: Put Down

Expressions using "put down": not to be put down put down as put down for put down in writing put down one by one put down one's name put down roots put down to To put down to put down one's staff. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Put Down

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

put down

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put down the duckie

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Modern Translation: Put Down

Language Translations for "put down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

sit (lay down, place, put, sit, to put). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

ulet (land, light, perch, pull down), shënoj (aim, arrow, book, calendar, catalogue, chalk, charge, commit to paper, denote, earmark, indicate, itemize, jot down, kick, Mark, note, note down, pencil, post, punch, record, remark, score, scribe, set off, sink, tally, tick off, write down), mbyll çadrën, lëshoj përdhe (drop, ground). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏نزل (bring down, camp, cantonal, climb down, come down, decline, depress, descend, drop, get down, get off, glide, go down, hostel, inn, lodge, lodging house, low, lower, miscreant, move, nest, pull down, rascal, reach down, road house, scab, scroll, send, shade, sink, slip down, step down, take down, tavern), ‏قفل الشمسية, ‏قمع (bridle, check, crush, funnel, quash, quell, repress, repression, restrain, stamp down, subdue, suppress, suppression), ‏قتل (assassinate, assassination, bag, butcher, croak, death, despatch, dispatch, do in, end, finish, fire, homicide, immolate, kill, killing, knock off, lay out, manslaughter, murder, poleaxe, procure, put to death, shoot, slay, take for a ride), ‏وضعه أرضا, ‏وضع (accentuate, affix, apply, bestow, bin, clap, conjuncture, dab, design, do, emplacement, estate, frame, install, job, lay, lay down, lay out, manner, outline, perch, place, placement, plant, posit, position, positioning, posture, put, put up, rank, return, set, set back, situation, status, stick down, stuff, tuck, utter, writing), ‏حقر (abase, blackguard, despise, insult, pig, revile), ‏تهبط (land, touch down), ‏سحق (bash, batter, beat, beating, bow, break, crack, crumple, crunch, crush, flatten, grind, jam, levigate, mow, overwhelm, pound, pounding, powder, pulverization, pulverize, quash, reduce, run over smth., scotch, slam, smash, squash, squeeze, squelch, steam roller, suppress, sweep, trample, tread, triturate, trituration), ‏سجل (book, calender, cut, enroll, enter, history, list, log, mark, mark down, note, rap, record, register, registry, score, send in, set down, sign on, take notes, tally, transcribe, write down), ‏عزى الى (set down), ‏خفض (ax, axe, bear, bring down, cut, debase, deplete, depreciation, depress, dropping, lessen, lower, lowering, mark down, minimize, pull down, rebate, recline, retrench, scale down, shorten, sink, slake, slam, slash, step down, stitch down, subdue, turn down, whittle down), ‏أسكت (gag, hunt down, hush, shush, silence, smack of, still), ‏دون (below, beneath, inferior, mark, mark down, nick, notch, note, record, set down, stick down, take down, take notes, tally, transcribe, under, write, write down, write out). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

накарвам да млъкне (quench, shellac, shout down, shut up, silence), потушавам (clamp, extinguish, mortify, overbear, put out, quash, quell, quench, repress, smother, snuff out, squash, strangle, subdue, suppress, tread down), приземявам се (come down, land, touch down), приземяване (landing, touch down), правя запас от, премахвам (cut out, delete, do away, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, kill, level, make away with, obviate, remove, rid, rip out, smooth, undo), ликвидирам (account for, liquidate, push off, sell off, stamp out, unmake, wind up, wipe out), записвам (get down, log, margin, mark down, note, record, register, set down, sign in, sign up, stick down, take down, write down), иронична забележка, намалявам (abate, abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, knock off, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down), срязване (rake, rebuff, repulse, set down, shear, shearing, squelch), оставям (abandon, confide, desert, drop off, leave, leave behind, let, put, quit, repudiate, resign, vacate), кацам (alight, ground, settle), консервирам (can, conserve, cure, pack, pot, preserve, process, put up, salt down, tin), слагам (apply, deposit, fit in, fix, ground, implant, impose, lay, lay down, pass, pitch, place, plank down, pop, posit, position, pull on, put, put in, put on, put to, rest, run, set, sew on, ship, stand, stick, stick down, vat), слагам да отлежи, свалям (bring down, cast off, doff, douse, down, drop, drop off, get down, get off, land, lay, let off, overthrow, prang, prostrate, pull down, pull off, put off, reach down, remove, ring down, rip down, rush, set down, shuck off, shuffle off, stretch, take down, take off, tear away, tear down, tear off, throw off, turn down, unbelt, uncap, unhorse, unship, vail), скастряне (letdown, rocket, set down, trimming, wigging), унижавам (abase, bring down, condescend, debase, degrade, demean, disgrace, gall, humble, humiliate, lour, lower, mortify, prostrate, sink), написвам (make, make out, produce, scratch, transcribe, turn out, write, write out). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

ficar (lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

筆錄 (notes, record, take down). (various references)

   

Czech

  

potlaèit (contain, cork up, crush, fight down, hold back, hold in, inhibit, keep in, mince, quash, quell, quench, repress, scotch, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, tame), položit (lay, lay down, pose, prostrate, put, repose, set, superimpose), pokládat (deem), zapsat (enlist, enrol, enroll, enter, input, key in, record, register, take down, write down), uhasit (assuage, douse, extinguish, quench, sate, satiate, satisfy, slake), snížit (abate, bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, decrease, deplete, diminish, drop, knock, lessen, lop off, pull down, reduce, whittle away), složit (close, compose, deposit, fold, indite, lay down, make out, pack, piece together, pile up, put together, set down, tackle, take, take down, throw). (various references)

   

Danish

  

stille (lay down, place, put), sætte (lay down, place, put), lægge (lay, lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

plaatsen (lay down, locate, place, put), zetten (abbreviate, assemble, extract, infuse, lay down, link, mount, place, put, reduce, typeset), stoppen (block, cease, clog, come to a halt, constipate, fill, fill in, fill up, halt, lay down, mend, patch, patch up, place, plug up, put, stop, stop up), stellen (adjust, edit, guess, lay down, place, presume, put, put right, suppose, surmise), steken (enter, insert, lay down, pick, place, put, put in, stab, sting), neerzetten, leggen (lay, lay down, locate, place, put), doen (achieve, act, carry out, cause, do, get, lay down, make, perform, place, put, take action). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

meti (lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

seta (invest, lay down, place, put, typeset), leggja (lay, lay down, place, put), koyra (lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

panna (ban, cause, excommunication, get, lay, lay down, make, place, put, set). (various references)

   

French

  

poser (put, put up). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

pleatse (lay down, place, put), stelle (lay down, place, put), lizze (lay, lay down, lie, place, put, recline, to lie). (various references)

   

German

  

legen (bring down, fold, lay, lay down, lead, locate, place, placement, plant, put, put back, put in, recline, set, settle, site, siting, situate, to lay, to recline), abgestellt. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προσγειώνομαι (alight, deplane, land, touch down), χρεώνω (charge, charge for, debit). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשים (brand, deposit, lay, lay down, place, put, set). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

találkozik (come across, encounter, lay down, meet, met, place, put, see, to encounter, to meet, to osculate), letesz (ground, lay, lay down, repose, to depose, to discard, to lay aside, to lay by, to leave off, to pillow, to plonk down, to put down, to resign, to set down, to stick down), lerak (deposit, dump, lay, lay down, to depose, to deposit, to dump, to land, to lay down, to park, to put down, to unburden, to unload), leír (amortise, amortize, depict, describe, note down, portray, to blazon, to delineate, to depict, to describe, to engross, to illustrate, to picture, to portray, to put down, to set down, to stick down, to transcribe, to write down, to write off, write down, write off), eltesz (put aside, put away, set aside, to conserve, to pigeonhole, to put away, to put down, to stow, to take away, to tuck away). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

setja (lay down, place, put), leggja (lay, lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

memadamkan (extinguish, quell). (various references)

   

Inuktitut

  

ilivaa (to put down). (various references)

   

Italian

  

posare (alight, attitudinize, bottom, grandstand, land, lay, laying, place, pose, put, put aside, put by, put on airs, recline, rest, set, set down, sit, switch off, turn off), ponere (lay down, place, put), versare (decant, deposit, pay in, pour, pour out, scatter, shed, shower, slop, spill, stream, tip, weep), stroncare (break off, pan, pull, slap, slate, smash, suppress), scrivere (contribute, draw up, enter, inscribe, pen, record, report, write, write down), reprimere (inhibit, quash, quell, repress, restrain, smother, squelch, suppress), mettere (cause, charge, get, install, lay down, locate, place, plant, pop, put, put in, put on, set, set up, situate, stand, take, to put, tuck, wear), considerare (account, bethink, call, consider, consider oneself, contemplate, count, debate, esteem, find, lookup, ponder, rate, reck, reckon, reckon in, regard, revolve, take, take into account, think highly of, think of, to consider, to treat, treat, view), chiudere (balance, bar, cancel, close, enclose, end, furl, inclose, lock, restrict, seal, shut, shut up, switch off, to close, turn off, turn out, wind up, withdraw), abolire (abolish, abrogate, do away with, lift), abbattere (bowl over, break, break down, cut down, deject, demolish, down, fall, fell, flatten, knock down, lay, lose heart, overthrow, put to sleep, rase, raze, shoot down, smash down, smash in, throw), abbassare (abase, abate, debase, depress, dip, droop, drop, duck, let down, lower, lower oneself, move down, reduce, sink, soften, stoop, wind down). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

舐める (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to taste, to treat with contempt), 筆'置く (to close, to put down one's pen, to stop writing), 戦乱'鎮める (put down a rebellion, quell the quarrel), 平ら'る (to consume, to eat up, to put down, to subjugate), 嘗める (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to taste, to treat with contempt). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいら'る (to consume, to eat up, to put down, to subjugate), なめる (to experience, to lick, to make fun of, to make light of, to put down, to taste, to treat with contempt), ふで'おく (to close, to lay down one's pen, to put down one's pen, to stop writing). (various references)

   

Manx

  

stroie (annihilate, destroy, dissipate, dissipation, kill off, waste, waste wealth), cur sheese (book, deposit, depress, discharge, give in, lay, lower, prescribe, salt, send down, suppress), cur ny chadley. (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

sette (lay down, place, put), legge (lay, lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

pone (lay down, place, put), buta (lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

utpay ownday

   

Polish

  

kłaść. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

colocar (bestow, clap, collocate, dispose, lay, lay down, locate, pitch, placatory, place, pose, posit, post, put, set, ship, stick). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

pune pe masã (table), pune (add, adhibit, annex, append, apply, attach, bet on, cause, deposit, do, Don, draw, dress, enclose, hang, impose, lay, lay down, lay on, lay up, Mount, place, pose, position, propose, put, put in, put on, put up, repose, set, sow, stick), plasa (fix, get in, interpose, invest, lay, lay down, Lodge, place, position, post, put, site, situate, station), trece în contul cuiva (debit smb.'s account), reduce la tãcere (extinguish, floor, put to silence, reduce to silence, silence, squelch, strangle, talk down), micşora (abate, abridge, attenuate, Bate, belittle, contract, cut, deaden, decrease, detract, dilute, dock, drop, dwarf, ease, knock down, lessen, lighten, lower, mellow, mitigate, narrow, palliate, pare, pare down, rebate, reduce, remit, restrain, retrench, shorten, stop, subdue, subjugate, weaken, whittle away), depune (administer, bring, consign, deposit, dethrone, hand in, lay down, leave, Lodge, place, put, swear, throw down), ateriza (ground, land), aşeza (arrange, bed, beset, bestow, build, collocate, dispose, encase, establish, fall, fix, impose, lay, lay down, place, position, put, put on, repose, seat, set, settle, situate, stack, stand, stick, Stow, subside), înscrie în. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

записывать (annotate, commit to paper, commit to writing, inscribe, jot, minute down, note, record, save, write, write down). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cuir (lay : cuir an aghaidh, lay down, oppose, place, plant, put, See <A HREF="mf02.html#car">car</A>, send, sow, transmit). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zabeležiti (enter, mark down, note, paper, record, ring up), spustiti (bring down, drop, fall, hang up, keep down, lay down, lend, let down, lower, set down, turn down), kritikovati (castigate, crab, criticize, fault, pan, piss), kladiti se (bet, lay odds), deponovati (deposit). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

poner (add, adjust, affix, alight, append, arrange, attach, bet, call, clap, connect, contribute, deposit, do, dress, drop, encase, enclose, entangle, expend, fasten, get down, get on, give, give in, impawn, impose, inclose, insert, instal, install, invest, job, jug, kick out, land, lay, lay down, light, make, open, perform, place, play back, pose, post, provoke, put, put into, put on, put out, put through, put up, raise, read, send, set, set up, slip on, stake, stand, start, stick, stick down, Stow, suppose, switch on, tag on, take, take along, throw in, translate, turn on, wear), meter (cause, dip, enclose, engage, Fay, inclose, insert, introduce, intrude, involve, jug, jump on, key, lay down, Lodge, log in, make, place, poke, put, shove, sink, Stow, telescope, throw about, throw away, throw on, thrust, tuck in, turf out, yank off), colocar (adjust, bestow, collocate, dispose, embattle, employ, enrol, go in, install, invest, lay, lay down, locate, Lodge, marry off, perch, pitch, place, plant, play, posit, position, put, put up, seat, set, set up, settle, situate, stand, station, Stow, tune). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

poti (lay down, miserable, place, poor, put), seti (lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

uppskatta (account, appraise, appreciate, assess, enjoy, esteem, estimate, evaluate, gauge, guess, like, put, rate, relish, tax, value), uppföra (act, behave, build, do, enact, enter, erect, perform, raise, set up), ställa (fix, lay down, place, plant, put, set, stand), sätta (compose, lay, lay down, Park, place, put, score, seat, set, settle, wager), minska (abate, allay, curtail, decrease, degrade, descend, detract from, diminish, ease, extenuate, fall off, fine away, fine down, go down, lapse, lessen, let up, lower, reduce, sag, shrink, sink, slacken, step down, subside, wane), lägga ned (close down, put in a lot of work), lägga (fix, lay, lay down, Lodge, place, put, rest, set, settle, situate), gå ned (land), fälla ihop (clasp, fold, furl), anteckna (commit to writing, enter, get down, jot, jot down, make a note, mark down, note, write down). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

ilagáy (lay down, place, put). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

koymak (closure, dot smb. one, lay, lay down, lay on, Park, place, plant, position, put, rest, set, set down, stick, sting), azaltmak (abate, alleviate, appease, attenuate, ax, axe, Bate, cut back, cut down on, deaden, decrease, depress, derogate, detract, diminish, dock, fade in, impair, lessen, make a dent in, minimize, mitigate, reduce, retrench, scale down, shorten, sink, slim down, step back, step down, taper off), bastırmak (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bear against, beat down, bottle up, Burke, choke, compress, crucify, depress, drown, extinguish, flow, gulp, gulp down, hold down, keep down, keep in, keep under, outtalk, overbear, overtake, pocket, push down, quash, quell, quench, repress, restrain, set in, settle, settle in, silence, smother, smother up, squash, squelch, stamp, stifle, strangle, subdue, submerge, suppress, swallow, throttle back, throttle down, weigh, weigh down, whelm, whip), düşürmek (beat down, cause to fall, curtail, deflate, depress, drop, flop, knock off, let down, let fall, lower, mark down, overthrow, precipitate, pull dawn, reduce, roll back, scale down, screw down, send down, sink, slim down, spill, step down, take from, throw, topple over, trip), değer biçmek (appraise, appreciate, assess, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, prize, rate, set by, size up, value), eleştirmek (animadvert, attack, carp, censure, chastise, clobber, comment, criticize, damn, examine, expostulate, notice, pan, review, riddle), öldürmek (assassinate, bump off, carry off, croak, cut down, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do one's job for one, drop, erase, exterminate, get, get rid of, give smb. his quietus, ice, kill, kill off, knock off, knock out, liquidate, make away with, murder, off, put away, put to death, rub out, send to glory, shoot, shoot dead, slay, take off, take smb.'s life, waste, wipe out, zap), kısmak (abridge, attenuate, ax, axe, check, choke, choke back, choke off, curtail, cut back, cut down on, depress, diminish, draw in, economize, narrow, pare, pare down, pinch, qualify, reduce, retrench, scrimp, skimp, soften, stint, throttle, throttle down, tighten, turn down), yere koymak, sanmak (assume, conjecture, expect, fancy, flatter oneself, guess, imagine, presume, repute, suppose, surmise, take, take for, think), tahmin etmek (anticipate, calculate, cast off, conjecture, divine, dope, dope out, estimate, extrapolate, forecast, guess, judge, presume, suppose, surmise, take stock of), tenkit etmek (animadvert, censure, criticize), ucuzlatmak (cheap, cheapen, depreciate, mark down, reduce the price, roll back), yüklemek (ascribe, burden, charge, embark, encumber, fasten, fasten on, father, foist, freight, hand over, heap, impose, impute, inflict, Lade, lay, lay on, lay smth. at one's door, load, offload, overlay, pin, pitch, plant, put, saddle, shift, stack, store, weight), yazmak (clock up, commit to paper, compose, conceive, draw, draw up, enroll, enter, grind out, indite, inscribe, note, note down, pen, put on paper, record, reduce to writing, register, set, set down, take down, write, write down, write out), indirmek (bash, bring down, cast down, clip, clout, clump, cut, degrade, dismount, down, draw down, drop off, dump, land, lay low, let down, lift down, lower, plant, reduce, relegate, send down, set down, strike, take down, take from, take off, unlade). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

опускати (cast down, decay, demit, down, let down, lower, omit, pull down, sink), знижувати (abate, bring down, невимушенІсть [f], degrade, depress, discount, lower, reduce, send down, take from), придушувати (deject, depress, neutralize, outray, overgo, quash, quell, quench, repress, stamp out, strangle, suppress), поглиблювати (cave, deepen, exacerbate). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gostwng (abase, abate, bow, humble, lower, reduce). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Put Down

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

conpresserit, conpresserunt, conprimaris, conprimebant, conprimentem, conprimerent, conprimit, conprimunt, ponere. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Put Down

LanguageDateSourceRomans Chapter 15, Verse 4
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOsa gar proegrafh eiV thn hmeteran didaskalian proegrafh ina dia thV upomonhV kai thV paraklhsewV twn grafwn thn elpida ecwmen
Latin405VulgateQuaecumque enim scripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam scripta sunt ut per patientiam et consolationem scripturarum spem habeamus
Old English990West SaxonForþy gehwa þæs þe wæs gewriten on geardagum wæs for ure lærunge gewriten, þæt we mihton habban hyht þurh þurhwunung and þurh Gewrites bemodigung.
Middle English1395WyclifFor what euere thingis ben writun, tho ben writun to oure techynge, that bi pacience and coumfort of scripturis we haue hope.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWhatsoever thinges are written afore tyme are written for oure learnynge that we thorow pacience and comforte of the scripture myght have hope.
Jacobean English1611King JamesFor whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Victorian English1833WebsterFor whatever things were written formerly, were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Basic English1964OgdenNow those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Put Down

LanguageRomans Chapter 15, Verse 4
CebuanoKay bisan unsay gisulat kaniadto, gisulat kini alang sa pagtuon kanato aron nga pinaagi sa pailub ug pinaagi sa paglipay gikan sa mga kasulatan makabaton unta kitag paglaum.
Chinese從 前 所 寫 的 聖 " 、 都 是 為 教 " 我 們 寫 的 、 叫 我 們 聖 " 所 " 的 忍 耐 ' 安 慰 、 可 以 得 著 盼 望 。
CroatianUistinu, što je nekoæ napisano, nama je za pouku napisano da po postojanosti i utjesi Pisama imamo nadu.
DanishThi alt, hvad der er skrevet tilforn, det er skrevet til vor Belæring, for at vi skulle have Håbet ved Udholdenheden og Skrifternes Trøst.
DutchWant al wat te voren geschreven is, dat is tot onze lering te voren geschreven, opdat wij, door lijdzaamheid en vertroosting der Schriften, hoop hebben zouden.
FinnishSillä kaikki, mikä ennen on kirjoitettu, on kirjoitettu meille opiksi, että meillä kärsivällisyyden ja Raamatun lohdutuksen kautta olisi toivo.
FrenchOr, tout ce qui a été écrit d`avance l`a été pour notre instruction, afin que, par la patience, et par la consolation que donnent les Écritures, nous possédions l`espérance.
GermanWas aber zuvor geschrieben ist, das ist uns zur Lehre geschrieben, auf daß wir durch Geduld und Trost der Schrift Hoffnung haben.
Haitian CreoleSe konsa, tou sa ki te ekri nan Liv la depi nan tan lontan, yo te ekri yo pou moutre nou anpil bagay, wi, pou bagay nou jwenn ekri nan Liv la ka ban nou pasyans ak ankourajman pou n' ka mete tout espwa nou nan Bondye.
HungarianMert a melyek régen megirattak, a mi tanulságunkra irattak meg: hogy békességes tûrés által és az írásoknak vígasztalása által reménységünk legyen.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSemua yang tersurat di dalam Alkitab adalah untuk mengajar kita. Sebab pelajaran yang kita terima dari Alkitab menjadikan kita tabah dan kuat sehingga kita dapat berharap kepada Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaKarena seberapa banyak hal yang tersurat terdahulu itu, sudah disuratkan akan menjadi pengajaran bagi kita, supaya kita menaruh harap dari sebab sabar dan dari sebab penghiburan, yang daripada Alkitab.
LatvianJo viss, kas ir uzrakstîts, ir rakstîts mûsu pamâcîðanai, lai mçs pacietîbâ un Rakstu iepriecinâjumâ smeltos cerîbu.
MaoriKo nga mea katoa hoki i tuhituhia i mua he mea tuhituhi hei whakaako i a tatou, kia whai tumanakohanga ai tatou, i te mea ka whakamanawanui, ka whakamarietia hoki e nga karaipiture.
NorwegianFor alt som før er skrevet, det er skrevet oss til lærdom, forat vi skal ha håp ved det tålmod og den trøst som skriftene gir.
PortuguesePorquanto, tudo que dantes foi escrito, para nosso ensino foi escrito, para que, pela constância e pela consolação provenientes das Escrituras, tenhamos esperança.   
RumanianWi tot ce a fost scris mai knainte, a fost scris pentru knvqyqtura noastrq, pentruca, prin rqbdarea wi nu prin mkngkierea pe care o dau Scripturile, sq avem nqdejde.
Russianб ЧУЕ, ЮФП ЙУБОП 'ЩМП ТЕЦ"Е, ОБ ЙУБОП ОБН Ч ОБУФБЧМЕОЙЕ, ЮФП'Щ НЩ ФЕТ ЕОЙЕН Й ХФЕЫЕОЙЕН ЙЪ рЙУБОЙК УПИТБОСМЙ ОБ"ЕЦ"Х.
ShuarNúnisan Ashí yaunchu Yus-Papinium aarma iin jintintramatniun aararmiayi. Nujai atsantamkurin shiir Wáinkiattajnia nuka katsuntrar Nákastatji.
SwahiliMaana yote yalioandikwa yameandikwa kwa ajili ya kutufundisha sisi ili kutokana na saburi na faraja tupewayo na Maandiko hayo Matakatifu tupate kuwa na matumaini.
SwedishTy allt vad som fordom har blivit skrivet, det är skrivet oss till undervisning, för att vi, genom ståndaktighet och genom den tröst som skrifterna giva, skola bevara vårt hopp.
UmaHawe'ea to te'uki' owi hi Buku Tomoroli', te'uki' bona mpotudui' -ta. Ngkai tudui' to tarata hi Buku Tomoroli' toe, kita' jadi' ntaha hi rala kasusaa' pai' te'apui nono-ta, bona moroho-ta mposarumaka Alata'ala.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Put Down

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: putdown.

Words within the letters "d-n-o-p-t-u-w"

-1 letter: uptown.

-2 letters: donut, pound, punto, puton, wound.

-3 letters: down, dunt, nowt, pond, pout, punt, town, undo, unto, updo, upon, wont.

-4 letters: don, dot, dow, dun, duo, dup, nod, not, now, nut, opt, oud, out, own, pod, pot, pow, pud, pun, put, tod, ton, top, tow, tun, tup, two, udo, upo, won, wop, wot, wud.

 Words containing the letters "d-n-o-p-t-u-w"
 

+1 letter: putdowns.

 

+2 letters: downspout.

 

+3 letters: downspouts.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Translations: Ancient
13. Bible Trace
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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