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Set down Common

Set down has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

2

reach or come to rest

"The bird landed on the highest branch"

"The plane landed in Istanbul"

3

put or settle into a position

"The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"

4

cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place

"set down your bags here"

5

go ashore

"The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

6

remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

"unload the cargo"

"drop off the passengers at the hotel"

7

To write.

Example Sentences
"The bird landed on the highest branch" verb
"The plane landed in Istanbul" verb
"The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" verb
"set down your bags here" verb
"The passengers disembarked at Southampton" verb
"unload the cargo" verb
"drop off the passengers at the hotel" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
ship
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
write arrive put land deliver
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
transcribe notate dash down note alight force-land beach port disembark touch down undershoot belly-land crash land plank wharf air-drop
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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