set down

/sɛt daʊn/

/sɛt daʊn/

Other forms: setting down; sets down

Definitions of set down

1. verb

   put or settle into a position
   “The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley”

   type of:

   lay, place, pose, position, put, set

   put into a certain place or abstract location
2. verb

   cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
   “set down your bags here”

   synonyms: place down, put down

   types:

   flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down

   set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

   type of:

   lay, place, pose, position, put, set

   put into a certain place or abstract location
3. verb

   leave or unload
   synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, unload

   types:

   wharf

   discharge at a wharf

   air-drop

   drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter

   type of:

   deliver

   bring to a destination, make a delivery
4. verb

   put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
   synonyms: get down, put down, write down

   types:

   transcribe

   write out from speech, notes, etc.

   notate

   put into notation, as of music or choreography

   dash down, dash off

   write down hastily

   note, take down

   make a written note of

   type of:

   write

   communicate or express by writing
5. verb

   reach or come to rest
   synonyms: land

   types:

   alight, light, perch

   come to rest; settle

   force-land

   make a forced landing

   beach

   land on a beach

   port

   land at or reach a port

   debark, disembark

   go ashore

   touch down

   come or bring (a plane) to a landing

   undershoot

   fall short of (the runway) in a landing

   belly-land

   land on the underside without the landing gear

   crash land

   make an emergency landing

   ditch

   make an emergency landing on water

   type of:

   arrive, come, get

   reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
6. verb

   go ashore
   synonyms: debark, disembark

   type of:

   land

   reach or come to rest