Phrase guide
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verb
To write.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To fix; to establish; to ordain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to deposit; to allow passengers to alight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, especially, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To humiliate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To regard (someone) in a particular way; to put down as.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: write down, get down, put down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: write
Narrower terms: transcribe, notate, dash down, dash off, note, take down
verb
leave or unload
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: drop, drop off, put down, unload, discharge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deliver
Narrower terms: wharf, air-drop
verb
cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: put down, place down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Narrower terms: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump
verb
put or settle into a position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: put, set, place, pose, position, lay
verb
go ashore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: disembark, debark
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: land, set down
verb
reach or come to rest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: land
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrive, get, come
Narrower terms: alight, light, perch, force-land, beach, port, disembark, debark, set down, touch down, undershoot, belly-land, crash land
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
