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set down

verb

1 set down

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

synonyms: get down, put down, write down.

Roget 879: be humble etc. adj.; deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit etc. 725; ... show more

Roget 551: record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory etc. (remember) 505; commemorate etc. (celebrate) ... show more

Roget 929: hold in disrespect etc. (despise) 930; misprize, disregard, slight, trifle with, set at naught, pass by, push aside, overlook, turn one's back upon, laugh in one's sleeve; ... show more

Dutch: opschrijven, boekstaven, optekenen

2 set down

Reach or come to rest.

synonym: land.

Roget 932: disapprove; dislike etc. 867; lament etc. 839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; ... show more

3 set down

Put or settle into a position.

4 set down

Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place:
— Set down your bags here.

synonyms: place down, put down.

Dutch: neerpoten, neerzetten, planten, poten, zetten

5 set down

Go ashore.

synonyms: debark, disembark.

Dutch: van boord gaan, ontschepen

6 set down

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

synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, unload.

Dutch: lossen, ontladen, uitladen


noun

Roget 879: humility, humbleness; meekness, lowness; lowliness, lowlihood; abasement, self-abasement; submission etc. 725; resignation.    condescension; ... show more

Roget 932: disapprobation, disapproval; improbation; disesteem, disvaluation, displacency; odium; dislike etc. 867.    dispraise, discommendation; blame, censure, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: abase, abash, account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, admonish, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, apply to, argue, ascribe to, assert, assever, asseverate, assign to, attach to, attribute to ... show more.

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