CALL DOWN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • censure severely or angrily
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger’’s car
    • The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
    • The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
    Hypernyms(s) call down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • raise the specter of unemployment
    • he conjured wild birds in the air
    • stir a disturbance
    • call down the spirits from the mountain
    Hypernyms(s) call down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)