All put down synonyms
put down
P p verb put down
- deposit β A deposit is a sum of money which is part of the full price of something, and which you pay when you agree to buy it.
- affront β If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- berthed β in a berth
- counter-checking β a check that opposes or restrains.
- miniaturized β Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- dust off β earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- kick around β to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- benching β a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- declass β to lower in social status or position; degrade
- draw a picture β represent sth visually
- drag down β demoralize
- burking β to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
- find fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- comped β a ticket, book, service, etc., provided free of charge to specially chosen recipients.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- fly in the face of β to move through the air using wings.
- cry down β to belittle; disparage
- get down to brass tacks β discuss essentials
- hazed β an aggregation in the atmosphere of very fine, widely dispersed, solid or liquid particles, or both, giving the air an opalescent appearance that subdues colors.
- berthing β a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car.
- cut to the quick β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- have no use for β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- get to the point β (Idiomatic) To state (something) directly; as opposed to in a long-winded way.
- despotize β To behave like a despot.
- denunciated β Simple past tense and past participle of denunciate.
- bad-mouth β If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
- nixing β nothing.
- hoover β to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- make a fool of β To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
- cut dead β to snub completely
- blueprinting β a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- degrade β Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
- do a number on β a numeral or group of numerals.
- burred β prickly or rough in texture.
- wound β the act of winding.
- cartooning β a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- devilled β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- maul β a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- lay down β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- minimise β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- compose β The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- burring β a pronunciation of the r- sound as a uvular trill, as in certain Northern English dialects.
adj put down
- flipper β a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
noun put down
- zapper β to kill or shoot.