setdown
setdown · setdowns
The act of setting down something or someoneThe act of setting down something or someone.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of setting down something or someone.
setdown areas in a factory for materials unloaded from incoming vehicles
(countable, uncountable)The act of descending onto a surface (of an aircraft or spacecraft).
(countable, dated, uncountable)The humbling of a person by act or words.
(countable, dated, uncountable)A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect.
(countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A sit-down meal eaten by a tramp; a charitable meal provided to a tramp in the giver's home.
(US, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A person’s buttocks.
Origin
* Deverbal from set down.* Deverbal from set down.
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