Dictionary entry details
• BRING DOWN (verb)
Meaning:
Move something or somebody to a lower position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bring down; let down; lower; take down; get down
Context example:
take down the vase from the shelf
Hypernyms (to "bring down" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, 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 "bring 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
Meaning:
Cause the downfall of; of rulers
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
overthrow; subvert; bring down; overturn
Context examples:
The Czar was overthrown / subvert the ruling class
Hypernyms (to "bring down" is one way to...):
depose; force out (force to leave (an office))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring down"):
revolutionize (overthrow by a revolution, of governments)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Impose something unpleasant
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
inflict; impose; bring down; visit
Context example:
The principal visited his rage on the students
Hypernyms (to "bring down" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring down"):
foist (to force onto another)
give (inflict as a punishment)
clamp (impose or inflict forcefully)
intrude; obtrude (thrust oneself in as if by force)
dictate; order; prescribe (issue commands or orders for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Meaning:
Cause to come to the ground
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
land; put down; bring down
Context example:
the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
Hypernyms (to "bring down" is one way to...):
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Cause:
land; set down (reach or come to rest)
Domain category:
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Cause to be enthusiastic
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
Her playing brought down the house
Hypernyms (to "bring down" is one way to...):
enthuse (cause to feel enthusiasm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cut down on; make a reduction in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
trim back; cut down; reduce; trim down; cut; cut back; trim; bring down
Context examples:
reduce your daily fat intake / The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Hypernyms (to "bring down" is one way to...):
decrease; lessen; minify (make smaller)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring down"):
shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
knock off; shave (cut the price of)
inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
deflate (reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices)
detract; take away (take away a part from; diminish)
thin (make thin or thinner)
thin out (make sparse)
slash (cut drastically)
retrench (make a reduction, as in one's workforce)
quench (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
