# setdown

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/setdown