| VERB | communication | set down, write down, get down, put down | put down in writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | set down, land | reach or come to rest | |
| contact | set down | put or settle into a position | |
| contact | set down, put down, place down | cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place | |
| motion | set down, disembark, debark | go ashore | |
| contact | set down, drop, drop off, put down, unload, discharge | leave or unload |
| Meaning | put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | write down, get down, put down | |
| Entailed by | complete, fill out, fill in, make out | Write all the required information onto a form |
| Narrower | dash down, dash off | write down hastily |
| notate | put into notation, as of music or choreography | |
| note, take down | make a written note of | |
| transcribe | write out from speech, notes, etc. | |
| Broader | write | Communicate or express by writing |
| Spanish | anotar, apuntar, asentar, registrar | |
| Meaning | reach or come to rest. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The airplane is sure to set down | |
| Synonym | land | |
| Caused by | land, put down, bring down | Cause to come to the ground |
| Narrower | alight, light, perch | To come to rest, settle |
| beach | Land on a beach | |
| belly-land | Land on the underside without the landing gear | |
| crash land | make an emergency landing | |
| disembark, debark, set down | Go ashore | |
| force-land | make a forced landing | |
| port | Land at or reach a port | |
| touch down | Come or bring (a plane) to a landing | |
| undershoot | fall short of (the runway) in a landing | |
| Broader | arrive, get, come | reach a destination |
| Spanish | aterrizar, posarse | |
| Catalan | aterrar | |
| Meaning | put or settle into a position. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Meaning | Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "set down your bags here" | |
| Synonyms | put down, place down | |
| Narrower | plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump | Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | colocar | |
| Meaning | Go ashore. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | disembark, debark | |
| Broader | land, set down | reach or come to rest |
| See also | set | put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Opposite | embark, ship | go on board |
| Spanish | desembarcar | |
| Catalan | desembarcar | |
| Meaning | Leave or unload. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | drop, drop off, put down, unload, discharge | |
| Narrower | air-drop | Drop (an object) from the air |
| wharf | Discharge at a wharf | |
| Broader | deliver | Bring to a destination, make a delivery |
| See also | set | put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | dejar, descargar | |
| Catalan | deixar, descarregar | |
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