get down
1. lower (one's body) as by kneeling (Freq. 3)
- Get down on your knees!
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 1)
- take down the vase from the shelf
• Syn:
lower, take down, let down, bring down
• Ant:
raise (for: lower)
• Derivationally related forms:
lower (for: lower), lowering (for: lower)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
reef, depress, dip, incline
• Cause:
descend, fall, go down, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. alight from (a horse) (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
unhorse, dismount, light, get off
• Derivationally related forms:
dismount (for: dismount)
• Topics:
riding, horseback riding
• Hypernyms:
descend, fall, go down, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking (Freq. 1)
- Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
• Syn:
swallow
• Derivationally related forms:
swallow (for: swallow)
• Hypernyms:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Hyponyms:
bolt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. lower someone's spirits;
make downhearted
- These news depressed her
- The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
• Syn:
depress, deject, cast down, dismay, dispirit,
demoralize, demoralise
• Ant:
elate (for: depress)
• Derivationally related forms:
demoralisation (for: demoralise), demoralization (for: demoralize), dismay (for: dismay), dejection (for: deject), depressant (for: depress)
• Hypernyms:
discourage
• Hyponyms:
chill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to get down Sue
6. put down in writing;
of texts, musical compositions, etc.
• Syn:
write down, set down, put down
• Hypernyms:
write
• Hyponyms:
transcribe, notate, dash down, dash off, note, take down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
7. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- We began working at dawn
- Who will start?
- Get working as soon as the sun rises!
- The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
- He began early in the day
- Let's get down to work now
• Syn:
begin, get, start out, start, set about,
set out, commence
• Ant:
end (for: begin)
• Derivationally related forms:
commencement (for: commence), start (for: start), starter (for: start), beginner (for: begin), beginning (for: begin)
• Hyponyms:
recommence, strike out, fall, jump off, get to,
auspicate, attack, break in, plunge, launch, come on,
embark, enter, get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving,
get weaving, get started, get rolling
• Verb Group:
begin
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
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