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Verb
  • arrange attractively
    • dress my hair for the wedding
  • bear fruit
    • the apple trees fructify
  • alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
    • Adjust the clock, please
    • correct the alignment of the front wheels
  • get ready for a particular purpose or event
    • set up an experiment
    • set the table
    • lay out the tools for the surgery
  • equip with sails or masts
    • rig a ship
  • estimate
    • We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
  • urge to attack someone
    • The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders
    • the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits
  • give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
  • insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
  • put into a position that will restore a normal state
    • set a broken bone
  • set in type
    • My book will be typeset nicely
    • set these words in italics
  • become gelatinous
    • the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme
  • apply or start
    • set fire to a building
  • put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
    • Let's plant flowers in the garden
  • adapt for performance in a different way
    • set this poem to music
  • disappear beyond the horizon
    • the sun sets early these days
  • locate
    • The film is set in Africa
  • set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
    • set clocks or instruments
  • make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
    • Get the children ready for school!
    • prepare for war
    • I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
  • fix in a border
    • The goldsmith set the diamond
  • put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
    • set the house afire
  • establish as the highest level or best performance
    • set a record
  • decide upon or fix definitely
    • fix the variables
    • specify the parameters
  • fix conclusively or authoritatively
    • set the rules
  • put into a certain place or abstract location
    • Put your things here
    • Set the tray down
    • Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
    • Place emphasis on a certain point
Adjective
  • converted to solid form (as concrete)
  • determined or decided upon as by an authority
    • date and place are already determined
    • the dictated terms of surrender
    • the time set for the launching
  • being below the horizon
    • the moon is set
  • set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"
    • stones laid in a pattern
  • situated in a particular spot or position
    • valuable centrally located urban land
    • strategically placed artillery
    • a house set on a hilltop
    • nicely situated on a quiet riverbank
  • fixed and unmoving
    • with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare
    • his bearded face already has a set hollow look- Connor Cruise O'Brien
    • a face rigid with pain
  • (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
    • in no fit state to continue
    • fit to drop
    • laughing fit to burst
    • she was fit to scream
    • primed for a fight
    • we are set to go at any time
Noun
  • any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
    • the early sets ran on storage batteries
  • (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
    • the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution
    • his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set
  • the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
    • before the set of sun
  • evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
  • the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
    • the hardening of concrete
    • he tested the set of the glue
  • a unit of play in tennis or squash
    • they played two sets of tennis after dinner
  • the act of putting something in position
    • he gave a final set to his hat
  • a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
    • the set of his mind was obvious
  • an unofficial association of people or groups
    • the smart set goes there
    • they were an angry lot
  • representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
    • the sets were meticulously authentic
  • several exercises intended to be done in series
    • he did four sets of the incline bench press
  • (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
    • the set of prime numbers is infinite
  • a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
    • a set of books
    • a set of golf clubs
    • a set of teeth
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