Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of setting down something or someone.

    setdown areas in a factory for materials unloaded from incoming vehicles

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of descending onto a surface (of an aircraft or spacecraft).

  3. (countable, dated, uncountable)The humbling of a person by act or words.

  4. (countable, dated, uncountable)A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect.

  5. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A sit-down meal eaten by a tramp; a charitable meal provided to a tramp in the giver's home.

  6. (US, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A person’s buttocks.

Origin

* Deverbal from set down.

* Deverbal from set down.

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Forms

plural: setdowns

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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