set

verb sets · setting · set · setten

1. transitive To put (something) down, to rest. Set the tray there.

   Similar: put, lay, set down · Opposite: pick up

2. transitive To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. I have set my heart on running the marathon.
3. transitive To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be. The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
4. transitive To start (a fire).

   Similar: light · Opposite: extinguish, put out, quench

5. dated, transitive To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot. to set a coach in the mud
6. transitive To determine or settle. to set the rent
7. transitive To adjust. I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
8. transitive To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
9. transitive To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table. Please set the table for our guests.
10. transitive To introduce or describe. I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
11. transitive To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally. He says he will set his next film in France.
12. transitive To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge). This crossword was set by Araucaria.
13. transitive To prepare (a stage or film set).
14. transitive To fit (someone) up in a situation.
15. transitive To arrange (type). It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.

    Similar: typeset

16. transitive To devise and assign (work) to. The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
17. transitive To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
18. intransitive To gel; to solidify. This glue sets in five minutes.

    Similar: set up, cure, jell, jell out

19. transitive To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle. to set milk for cheese
20. intransitive Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates. The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.

    Similar: go down, go west

21. transitive To defeat a contract.
22. obsolete, as in set out, followed by "out" To begin to move; to go forth. The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton
23. transitive To produce after pollination. to set seed
24. intransitive, of fruit To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form. In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.
25. Midwestern US, Southern US, dialectal, intransitive To sit (be in a seated position). He sets in that chair all day.
26. Midwestern US, Southern US, dialectal, intransitive To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place. Well, we rolled up Interstate 44 Like a rocket-sled on rails. We tore up all of our swindle sheets And left 'em settin' on the scales.
27. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
28. ambitransitive Of a dog, to indicate the position of game. The dog sets the bird.
29. To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly. If he set industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
30. ambitransitive To fit music to words. Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
31. ambitransitive To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. to set pear trees in an orchard
32. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
33. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend. The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
34. intransitive To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing them and moving first to one side and then to the other, while they do the opposite. Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.
35. To place or fix in a setting. to set a precious stone in a border of metal
36. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare. to set (that is, to hone) a razor
37. To extend and bring into position; to spread. to set the sails of a ship
38. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote. […] I ſhould be very vvilling to be his Clerk; for vvhich you knovv I am qualified, being able to read, and to ſet a Pſalm.
39. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state. to set a broken bone
40. dialectal, intransitive To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner. If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.
41. To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
42. obsolete To wager in gambling; to risk. I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die.
43. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there. High on their heads, with jewels richly set, / Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
44. obsolete To value; to rate; used with at. Be you contented, wearing now the garland, / To have a son set your decrees at naught.
45. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign. to set a good example
46. Scotland To suit; to become. It sets him ill.
47. To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood. To set a hen.
48. To arrange the casting of a movie. Paramount Pictures has set Jennifer Love Hewitt for a movie called Two Can Play This Game.

noun sets

1. A punch for setting nails in wood. nail set
2. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television. television set
3. alternative Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
4. alternative Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
5. alternative Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
6. A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
7. The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
8. A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc. the set of a spring
9. A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
10. A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
11. dated The width of the body of a type.
12. A young oyster when first attached.
13. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
14. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
15. colloquial The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit. the set of a coat
16. The pattern of a tartan, etc.
17. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
18. The full number of eggs set under a hen.
19. obsolete, rare That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game. We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
20. A tool for dressing forged iron.

adjective more set · most set

1. Fixed in position. Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers fou
2. Rigid, solidified.
3. Ready, prepared. on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go!
4. Intent, determined (to do something). set on getting to his destination

   Similar: determined, intent

5. Prearranged. a set menu

   Similar: dictated, prearranged, predetermined, prescribed, specified

6. Fixed in one’s opinion. I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.

   Similar: fixed, rigid

7. of hair Fixed in a certain style.

noun sets

1. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
2. A rudimentary fruit.
3. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day. The weary sun hath made a golden set.

   Similar: dusk, eve, evening, sundown, sunset

4. figuratively, literally General movement; direction; drift; tendency. Here and there, amongst individuals alive to the particular evils of the age, and watching the very set of the current, there may have been even a more systematic counteraction applied to the mischief.

   Similar: direction, drift, heading, motion, movement, path, tendency, trend

5. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.) a set of tables

   Similar: suite, block

6. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose. a set of tools
7. An object made up of several parts. a set of steps
8. 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.
9. informal, plural Set theory.
10. A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc. the country set

    Similar: club, coterie

11. The scenery for a film or play.

    Similar: scenery

12. The general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
13. The initial or basic formation of dancers.
14. A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest. Meronym: reps
15. A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
16. A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
17. The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
18. A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces. You heard “oh, Jeremy Corbyn” everywhere: at the silent disco, during Radiohead’s Friday night headlining set, midway through the Other stage appearance by rapper Stormzy, who gamely joined in.

    Similar: gig, session

19. A drum kit, a drum set. He plays the set on Saturdays.

    Similar: drums, drum kit, drum set

20. UK A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability. Looking at pupil attainment, the study found that students with the same Key Stage 3 scores could have their GCSE grade raised or lowered by up to half a grade as a result of being placed in a higher or lower set.
21. slang Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).

    Similar: three of a kind

Similar: set theory

verb sets · setting · setted

1. UK To divide a class group in a subject according to ability. In setted classes, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet, setted lessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, but identical—in terms of ability, preferred learning style and pace of working.

proper noun Seth · Sutekh

1. Egyptian An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.

   Similar: Bab, Baba

noun

1. uncountable Gene for a human protein involved in apoptosis, transcription and nucleosome assembly.
2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Simulated Emergency Test, an amateur radio training exercise.

proper noun

1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Strategic Energy Technologies Plan of the European Union
2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Stock Exchange of Thailand, the national stock exchange of Thailand.