Main Entry: put down

Function: transitive verb

Date: 14th century

1 : to bring to an end : stop <put down a riot>
2 a : depose, degrade b : disparage, belittle <mentioned his poetry only to put it down> c : disapprove, criticize <was put down for the way she dressed> d : humiliate, squelch <put him down with a sharp retort>
3 : to make ineffective : check <put down the gossip>
4 : to do away with (as an injured, sick, or aged animal) : destroy
5 a : to put in writing <put it down truthfully> b : to enter in a list <put me down for a donation>
6 a : to place in a category <I put him down as a hypochondriac — O. S. J. Gogarty> b : attribute <put it down to inexperience>
7 : to pack or preserve for future use
8 : consume <putting down helping after helping — Carson McCullers>

— put down roots : to establish a permanent residence