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How to sign: move something or somebody to a lower position
"take down the vase from the shelf";
Similiar / Same: lower, let down, bring down, get down
Within this category: depress, dip, incline, reef
How to sign: tear down so as to make flat with the ground
"The building was levelled";
Similiar / Same: raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, pull down, level
Within this category: bulldoze
How to sign: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture";
Similiar / Same: demean, degrade, disgrace, put down
Categories: abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify
Within this category: dehumanize, reduce
