English Explanatory Dictionary

setdown

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of setting down something or someone.
  2. The act of descending onto a surface (of an aircraft or spacecraft).
  3. The humbling of a person by act or words.
  4. A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect.
  5. A sit-down meal eaten by a tramp; a charitable meal provided to a tramp in the giver's home.
  6. A person’s buttocks.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-setdown.wav

Word forms

setdown setdowns set-down

Etymology

* Deverbal from set down. * (buttocks): See set as US regional form of sit, and see sit down.

Synonyms

landing touchdown put-down
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