bring down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
move something or somebody to a lower position
take down the vase from the shelf
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- lift antonym
- come down causes
- letting down derivation
- lower berth derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause the downfall of; of rulers
The Czar was overthrown
Types & categories
- force out hypernym
- revolutionize hyponym
Related & opposite
- overthrow derivation
- subversive activity derivation
- revolutionist derivation
- insurgent derivation
Sense 3 verb
impose something unpleasant
The principal visited his rage on the students
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- infliction derivation
- infliction derivation
- imposition derivation
- visitation derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to come to the ground
the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
Types & categories
- arrive hypernym
Related & opposite
- land causes
- landing derivation
- ground derivation
- air travel domain topic
Sense 5 verb
cause to be enthusiastic
Her playing brought down the house
Types & categories
- enthuse hypernym
Sense 6 verb
cut down on; make a reduction in
reduce your daily fat intake
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | lift |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | come down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | letting down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lower berth |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reef |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | depress |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incline |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overthrow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | subversive activity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | revolutionist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | insurgent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | force out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | revolutionize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | infliction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | infliction |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imposition |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | visitation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dictate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | obtrude |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clamp |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | give |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foist |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | land |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | landing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ground |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | air travel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | enthuse |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | reduction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cutback |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | clipping |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | reductive |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | cut |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | minify |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | shorten |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | spill |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | quench |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrench |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | slash |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | thin out |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | thin |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | detract |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | deflate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | inflate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | downsize |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | subtract |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | knock off |