[put down] vt (14c) 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 : to establish a permanent residence