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.
A punch for setting nails in wood. Example: nail set
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television. Example: television set
A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc. Example: the set of a spring
A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
The width of the body of a type.
A young oyster when first attached.
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit. Example: the set of a coat
The pattern of a tartan, etc.
The camber of a curved roofing tile.
The full number of eggs set under a hen.
A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
A rudimentary fruit.
The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.) Example: a set of tables
A collection of various objects for a particular purpose. Example: a set of tools
An object made up of several parts. Example: a set of steps
A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
(in plural, “sets”) Set theory.
A group of people, usually meeting socially. Example: the country set
The scenery for a film or play.
The initial or basic formation of dancers.
(exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
A drum kit, a drum set. Example: He plays the set on Saturdays.
A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips.
To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.
The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan.
A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging.
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