Definition of "set down" in English

Verb

1. To write.

   • I set down this account so others may benefit from my experience.

2. To fix; to establish; to ordain.

3. To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying; to deposit; to allow passengers to alight.

4. To land.

   • The bush pilot set down on a sandbar.

5. To humiliate.

6. To regard (someone) in a particular way; to put down as.

   • I set him down as an idiot.