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    TAKE DOWN

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     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make a written note ofplay

    Example:

    she noted everything the teacher said that morning

    Synonyms:

    note; take down

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):

    get down; put down; set down; write down (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Tear down so as to make flat with the groundplay

    Example:

    The building was levelled

    Synonyms:

    dismantle; level; pull down; rase; raze; take down; tear down

    Classified under:

    Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

    Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):

    destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take down"):

    bulldoze (flatten with or as if with a bulldozer)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Reduce in worth or character, usually verballyplay

    Example:

    His critics took him down after the lecture

    Synonyms:

    degrade; demean; disgrace; put down; take down

    Classified under:

    Verbs of feeling

    Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):

    abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take down"):

    reduce (lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation)

    dehumanise; dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    takedown (a crushing remark)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Move something or somebody to a lower positionplay

    Example:

    take down the vase from the shelf

    Synonyms:

    bring down; get down; let down; lower; take down

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "take down" is one way to...):

    displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, 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 "take 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

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