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TAKE DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a written note of
Example:
she noted everything the teacher said that morning
Synonyms:
note; take down
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):
get down; put down; set down; write down (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Example:
The building was levelled
Synonyms:
dismantle; level; pull down; rase; raze; take down; tear down
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take down"):
bulldoze (flatten with or as if with a bulldozer)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Example:
His critics took him down after the lecture
Synonyms:
degrade; demean; disgrace; put down; take down
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):
abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take down"):
reduce (lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation)
dehumanise; dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
takedown (a crushing remark)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Move something or somebody to a lower position
Example:
take down the vase from the shelf
Synonyms:
bring down; get down; let down; lower; take down
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Cause:
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take down"):
reef (lower and bring partially inboard)
depress (lower (prices or markets))
dip (lower briefly)
incline (lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
