To put (something) down, to rest. Example: Set the tray there.
To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. Example: I have set my heart on running the marathon.
To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
To start (a fire).
To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot. Example: to set a coach in the mud
To determine or settle. Example: to set the rent
To adjust. Example: I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table. Example: Please set the table for our guests.
To introduce or describe. Example: I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally. Example: He says he will set his next film in France.
To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge). Example: This crossword was set by Araucaria.
To prepare (a stage or film set).
To fit (someone) up in a situation.
To arrange (type). Example: It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
To devise and assign (work) to. Example: The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
To solidify. Example: The glue sets in four minutes.
To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle. Example: to set milk for cheese
Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates. Example: The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.
To defeat a contract.
(now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
To produce after pollination. Example: to set seed
(of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
(Midwestern US) To sit (be in a seated position). Example: He sets in that chair all day.
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
Of a dog, to indicate the position of game. Example: The dog sets the bird.
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
To fit music to words.
To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. Example: to set pear trees in an orchard
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend. Example: The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
(country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite. Example: Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.
To place or fix in a setting. Example: to set a precious stone in a border of metal
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare. Example: to set (that is, to hone) a razor
To extend and bring into position; to spread. Example: to set the sails of a ship
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote. Example: to set a psalm
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state. Example: to set a broken bone
To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
To wager in gambling; to risk.
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
To value; to rate; used with at.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign. Example: to set a good example
To suit; to become. Example: It sets him ill.
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