Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff; an unexpected and overwhelming answer or reply.
- noun A meal to sit down to (implying luxury).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a disparaging remark, a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect. Also called
put-down .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
humbling of a person by act or words. - noun A
retort or areproof that has a humbling effect.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb reach or come to rest
- verb cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place
- verb put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
- verb leave or unload
- verb go ashore
- verb put or settle into a position
Etymologies
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Examples
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The process is known as "wind setdown," which is defined as a drop in water level caused by wind stress acting on the surface of a body of water for an extended period of time.
Parting The Red Sea: The Scientific Explanation (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010
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The process is known as "wind setdown," which is defined as a drop in water level caused by wind stress acting on the surface of a body of water for an extended period of time.
Parting The Red Sea: The Scientific Explanation (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010
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The process is known as "wind setdown," which is defined as a drop in water level caused by wind stress acting on the surface of a body of water for an extended period of time.
Parting The Red Sea: The Scientific Explanation (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010
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The process is known as "wind setdown," which is defined as a drop in water level caused by wind stress acting on the surface of a body of water for an extended period of time.
Parting The Red Sea: The Scientific Explanation (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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You kissed Minerva, and she gave you a setdown to blister your ears.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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The process is known as "wind setdown," which is defined as a drop in water level caused by wind stress acting on the surface of a body of water for an extended period of time.
Parting The Red Sea: The Scientific Explanation (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010
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You kissed Minerva, and she gave you a setdown to blister your ears.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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Phall if you but will, rise you must: and none so soon either shall the pharce for the nunce come to a setdown secular phoenish.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Before I start to answer some of your questions, or charges/insults, I am going to attempt a little clarification of what I meant by my education leading me to doubt that there is any one particularly setdown, tried and true, “scientific method”.
Creation Scientist Challenges Intelligent Design - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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He had the distinct feeling that he was being dealt a sharp setdown.
Slightly Dangerous Balogh, Mary 2004
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