Dictionary entry details
• GET DOWN (verb)
Meaning:
Lower (one's body) as by kneeling
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
Get down on your knees!
Hypernyms (to "get down" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move something or somebody to a lower position
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bring down; take down; let down; lower; get down
Context example:
take down the vase from the shelf
Hypernyms (to "get 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 "get 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:
Get off (a horse)
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
unhorse; dismount; get down; light; get off
Hypernyms (to "get down" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Domain category:
horseback riding; riding (to be carried on horseback as a means of transportation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
swallow; get down
Context example:
Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
Hypernyms (to "get down" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get down"):
bolt (swallow hastily)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
cast down; deject; dispirit; dismay; depress; demoralize; demoralise; get down
Context examples:
These news depressed her / The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
Hypernyms (to "get down" is one way to...):
discourage (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get down"):
chill (depress or discourage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to get down Sue
Meaning:
Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
write down; set down; put down; get down
Hypernyms (to "get down" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get down"):
note; take down (make a written note of)
dash down; dash off (write down hastily)
notate (put into notation, as of music or choreography)
transcribe (write out from speech, notes, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
begin; start out; start; set out; commence; set about; get down; get
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get down"):
recommence (begin again)
bestir oneself; get cracking; get going; get moving; get rolling; get started; get weaving (start to be active)
embark; enter (set out on (an enterprise or subject of study))
come on (occur or become available)
launch; plunge (begin with vigor)
break in (start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role)
attack (set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task)
auspicate (commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck)
get to (arrive at the point of)
jump off (set off quickly, usually with success)
fall (begin vigorously)
strike out (set out on a course of action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
