SET DOWN Synonyms

• set up or found

• set up or lay the groundwork for

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• institute, enact, or establish

• bring about

• place

• build or establish something abstract

• use as a basis for; found on

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

• the act of putting something in working order again

• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear

• a determination of the place where something is

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

• cause to be firmly attached

• decide upon or fix definitely

• prepare for eating by applying heat

• take vengeance on or get even

• set or place definitely

• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study

• make fixed, stable or stationary

• make infertile

• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

• to be about to do something

• set up for use

• put into an office or a position

• place

• a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

• a narrative poem of popular origin

• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

• not of or from a profession

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• put in a horizontal position

• prepare or position for action or operation

• lay eggs

• impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

• discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

• determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

• assign a location to

• take up residence and become established

• a point located with respect to surface features of some region

• any area set aside for a particular purpose

• an abstract mental location

• a general vicinity

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

• a particular situation

• where you live at a particular time

• a job in an organization

• the particular portion of space occupied by something

• proper or designated social situation

• a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

• the passage that is being read

• proper or appropriate position or location

• a public square with room for pedestrians

• an item on a list or in a sequence

• a blank area

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• place somebody in a particular situation or location

• assign a rank or rating to

• assign a location to

• to arrange for

• take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something

• assign to (a job or a home)

• locate

• estimate

• identify the location or place of

• make an investment

• assign to a station

• finish second or better in a horse or dog race

• sing a note with the correct pitch

• the particular portion of space occupied by something

• a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

• a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

• the arrangement of the body and its limbs

• the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

• a job in an organization

• the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated

• the appropriate or customary location

• (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

• the act of putting something in a certain place

• a condition or position in which you find yourself

• a rationalized mental attitude

• an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

• an item on a list or in a sequence

• the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

• the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

• cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation

• formulate in a particular style or language

• attribute or give

• make an investment

• estimate

• cause (someone) to undergo something

• adapt

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

• determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

• put (something somewhere) firmly

• go ashore

• the sudden giving off of energy

• the act of venting

• a substance that is emitted or released

• any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• the pouring forth of a fluid

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• the act of discharging a gun

• complete or carry out

• pour forth or release

• free from obligations or duties

• remove the charge from

• go off or discharge

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• eliminate (a substance)

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to go off

• release from military service

• become empty or void of its content

• go ashore

• a shape that is spherical and small

• a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

• a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity

• a steep high face of rock

• a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)

• a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity

• a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery

• a central depository where things can be left or picked up

• the act of dropping something

• let fall to the ground

• to fall vertically

• go down in value

• fall or descend to a lower place or level

• terminate an association with

• utter with seeming casualness

• stop pursuing or acting

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• lose (a game)

• pay out

• lower the pitch of (musical notes)

• hang loosely

• stop associating with

• let or cause to fall in drops

• to remove

• take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

• omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing

• leave undone or leave out

• change from one level to another

• fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death

• grow progressively worse

• give birth; used for animals

• United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991)

• the land on which real estate is located

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• territory over which rule or control is exercised

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• the territory occupied by a nation

• a domain in which something is dominant

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• the people who live in a nation or country

• a politically organized body of people under a single government

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• reach or come to rest

• cause to come to the ground

• bring into a different state

• bring ashore

• deliver (a blow)

• arrive on shore

• shoot at and force to come down

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• remove the load from (a container or vehicle)

• lower (one's body) as by kneeling

• move something or somebody to a lower position

• alight from (a horse)

• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place