talk down
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
belittle through talk
Types & categories
- belittle hypernym
Sense 2 verb
speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
He talks down to her
Types & categories
- talk hypernym
Sense 3 verb
direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill
Types & categories
- direct hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | belittle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | talk |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | direct |