· move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"

Synonym(s): lower, let_down, get_down, bring_down

Hypernym(s): move, displace

· reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

Synonym(s): degrade, disgrace, demean, put_down

Hypernym(s): humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

· tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

Synonym(s): level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear_down, pull_down

Hypernym(s): destroy, destruct

· make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning"

Synonym(s): note

Hypernym(s): write_down, set_down, get_down, put_down