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Meaning of 'set' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Set [ a.]
- Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
- Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
- Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
- Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
- Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
2 . Set [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Set
3 . Set [ n.]
- The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
- That which is set, placed, or fixed.
- A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.
- That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.
- Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
- A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.
- A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.
- A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.
- A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.
- Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
- In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.
- The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.
- That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.
4 . Set [ v. i.]
- To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
- To fit music to words.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.
- To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
- To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.
- To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.
- To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.
- To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
5 . Set [ v. t.]
- To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.
- Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
- To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.
- To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
- To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.
- To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
- To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
- To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
- To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
- To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
- To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
- To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To value; to rate; -- with at.
- To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
- To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
- To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.

Meaning of 'set' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . set [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
Example in sentence:
  • a set of books;
  • a set of golf clubs;
  • a set of teeth
Meaning (2):
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
Example in sentence:
  • before the set of sun
Meaning (3):
- several exercises intended to be done in series
Example in sentence:
  • he did four sets of the incline bench press
Meaning (4):
- the act of putting something in position
Example in sentence:
  • he gave a final set to his hat
Meaning (5):
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
Example in sentence:
  • he tested the set of the glue;
  • the hardening of concrete
Meaning (6):
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
Example in sentence:
  • his instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set;
  • the subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution
Meaning (7):
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
Example in sentence:
  • the early sets ran on storage batteries
Meaning (8):
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
Example in sentence:
  • the set of his mind was obvious
Meaning (9):
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
Example in sentence:
  • the set of prime numbers is infinite
Meaning (10):
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
Example in sentence:
  • the sets were meticulously authentic
Meaning (11):
- an unofficial association of people or groups
Example in sentence:
  • the smart set goes there;
  • they were an angry lot
Meaning (12):
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
Example in sentence:
  • they played two sets of tennis after dinner
13 . set [ v]
Meaning (13):
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Example in sentence:
  • Adjust the clock, please;
  • correct the alignment of the front wheels
Meaning (14):
- arrange attractively
Example in sentence:
  • dress my hair for the wedding
Meaning (15):
- decide upon or fix definitely
Example in sentence:
  • fix the variables;
  • specify the parameters
Meaning (16):
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Example in sentence:
  • Get the children ready for school!;
  • I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill;
  • prepare for war
Meaning (17):
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
Example in sentence:
  • lay out the tools for the surgery;
  • set the table;
  • set up an experiment
Meaning (18):
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
Example in sentence:
  • Let's plant flowers in the garden
Meaning (19):
- set in type
Example in sentence:
  • My book will be typeset nicely;
  • set these words in italics
Meaning (20):
- put into a certain place or abstract location
Example in sentence:
  • Place emphasis on a certain point;
  • Put your things here;
  • Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children;
  • Set the tray down
Meaning (21):
- equip with sails or masts
Example in sentence:
  • rig a ship
Meaning (22):
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
Example in sentence:
  • set a broken bone
Meaning (23):
- establish as the highest level or best performance
Example in sentence:
  • set a record
Meaning (24):
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
Example in sentence:
  • set clocks or instruments
Meaning (25):
- apply or start
Example in sentence:
  • set fire to a building
Meaning (26):
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
Example in sentence:
  • set the house afire
Meaning (27):
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
Example in sentence:
  • set the rules
Meaning (28):
- adapt for performance in a different way
Example in sentence:
  • set this poem to music
Meaning (29):
- bear fruit
Example in sentence:
  • the apple trees fructify;
  • the trees fruited early this year
Meaning (30):
- locate
Example in sentence:
  • The film is set in Africa
Meaning (31):
- fix in a border
Example in sentence:
  • The goldsmith set the diamond
Meaning (32):
- become gelatinous
Example in sentence:
  • the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme
Meaning (33):
- urge to attack someone
Example in sentence:
  • The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders;
  • the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits
Meaning (34):
- disappear beyond the horizon
Example in sentence:
  • the sun sets early these days
Meaning (35):
- estimate
Example in sentence:
  • We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
36 . set [ s]
Meaning (36):
- set down according to a plan
Example in sentence:
  • a carefully laid table with places set for four people;
  • stones laid in a pattern
Meaning (37):
- fixed and unmoving
Example in sentence:
  • a face rigid with pain;
  • his bearded face already has a set hollow look;
  • with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare
Meaning (38):
- situated in a particular spot or position
Example in sentence:
  • a house set on a hilltop;
  • nicely situated on a quiet riverbank;
  • strategically placed artillery;
  • valuable centrally located urban land
Meaning (39):
- determined or decided upon as by an authority
Example in sentence:
  • date and place are already determined;
  • the dictated terms of surrender;
  • the time set for the launching
Meaning (40):
- (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
Example in sentence:
  • fit to drop;
  • in no fit state to continue;
  • laughing fit to burst;
  • primed for a fight;
  • she was fit to scream;
  • we are set to go at any time
Meaning (41):
- being below the horizon
Example in sentence:
  • the moon is set

Nearby Words:

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