put down

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To insult, belittle, or demean.

   “They frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.”

2. fiil Of money as deposit, to pay.

   “We put down a $1,000 deposit.”

3. fiil To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.

   “The government quickly put down the insurrection.”

4. fiil To euthanize (an animal).

   “Rex was in so much pain, they had to put him down.”

5. fiil To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.

   “The only thing left to do before putting the plan into action was checking the barracks for stragglers, and putting them down. She placed the first three bombs, then crept to the final door and opened it.”

6. fiil To write (something).

   “Put down the first thing you think of on this piece of paper.”

7. fiil To terminate a call on (a telephone); to hang up.

   “Don't put the phone down. I want a quick word with him, too.”

8. fiil To add a name to a list.

   “I've put myself down for the new Spanish conversation course.”

9. fiil To make prices, or taxes, lower.

   “BP are putting petrol and diesel down in what could be the start of a price war.”

10. fiil To place a baby somewhere to sleep.

    “I had just put Mary down when you rang. So now she's crying again.”

11. fiil To give something as a reason for something else.

    “She put her long life down to daily meditation.”

12. fiil Of an aircraft, to land.

    “The pilot managed to put down in a nearby farm field.”

13. fiil To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.

    “The taxi put him down outside the hotel.”

14. fiil To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).

    “I was unable to put down The Stand: it was that exciting.”

15. fiil To drink.

    “I put down two bottles of red wine.”

16. fiil To set type in lowercase; to switch type from capital to lowercase letters.
17. fiil Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.

    “Why don't you put down your briefcase and stay awhile?”

18. isim Alternative spelling of put-down.