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Set Down| Verb | 1. | set down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week" transcribe - write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe" notate - put into notation, as of music or choreography; "Nowadays, you can notate an entire ballet; in the old days, the steps had to be memorized" note, take down - make a written note of; "she noted everything the teacher said that morning" | | | 2. | set down - reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"beach - land on a beach; "the ship beached near the port" port - land at or reach a port; "The ship finally ported" touch down - come or bring (a plane) to a landing; "the plane touched down at noon" undershoot - fall short of (the runway) in a landing; "The plane undershot the runway" belly-land - land on the underside without the landing gear arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" | | | 3. | set down - put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" | | | 4. | set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" | | | 5. | set down - go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"land, set down - reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" | | | 6. | set down - leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;deliver - bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers" wharf - discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers" air-drop - drop from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter | |
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