PUT DOWN


Meaning of PUT DOWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ transitive verb ]

Date: 14th century

1. : to bring to an end : stop

put down a riot

2.

a. : depose , degrade

b. : disparage , belittle

mentioned his poetry only to put it down

c. : disapprove , criticize

was put down for the way she dressed

d. : humiliate , squelch

put him down with a sharp retort

3. : to make ineffective : check

put down the gossip

4. : to do away with (as an injured, sick, or aged animal) : destroy

5.

a. : to put in writing

put it down truthfully

b. : to enter in a list

put me down for a donation

6.

a. : to place in a category

I put him down as a hypochondriac — O. S. J. Gogarty

b. : attribute

put it down to inexperience

7. : to pack or preserve for future use

8. : consume

putting down helping after helping — Carson McCullers

- put down roots

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.