All Definitions for Set
Below are all the dictionary definitions of set:
1To put (something) down, to rest.
2To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
3To put in a specified condition or state
4To cause to be.
5To start (a fire).
6To cause to stop or stick
7To obstruct
8To fasten to a spot.
9To determine or settle.
10To adjust.
11To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
12To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
13To introduce or describe.
14To locate (a play, etc.)
15To assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
16To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
17To prepare (a stage or film set).
18To fit (someone) up in a situation.
19To arrange (type).
20To devise and assign (work) to.
21To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
22To solidify.
23To render stiff or solid
24Especially, to convert into curd
25To curdle.
26Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
27To defeat a contract.
28To produce after pollination.
29To be fixed for growth
30To strike root
31To begin to germinate or form.
32To sit (be in a seated position).
33To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.
34To occupy a certain place.
35To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
36Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
37To apply oneself
38To undertake earnestly.
39To fit music to words.
40To place plants or shoots in the ground
41To plant.
42To become fixed or rigid
43To be fastened.
44To have a certain direction of motion
45To flow
46To move on
47To tend.
48To 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.
49To place or fix in a setting.
50To put in order in a particular manner
51To prepare.
52To extend and bring into position
53To spread.
54To give a pitch to, as a tune
55To start by fixing the keynote.
56To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
57To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach
58To be digested in a certain manner.
59To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
60To adorn with something infixed or affixed
61To stud
62To variegate with objects placed here and there.
63To establish as a rule
64To furnish
65To prescribe
66To assign.
67To suit
68To become.
69To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
70A punch for setting nails in wood.
71A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data)
72A radio or television.
73A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
74The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
75A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
76A bias of mind
77An attitude or pattern of behaviour.
78A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
79The width of the body of a type.
80A young oyster when first attached.
81Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
82A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
83The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting
84Fit.
85The pattern of a tartan, etc.
86The camber of a curved roofing tile.
87The full number of eggs set under a hen.
88A tool for dressing forged iron.
89Fixed in position.
90Rigid, solidified.
91Ready, prepared.
92Intent, determined (to do something).
93Prearranged.
94Fixed in one’s opinion.
95Fixed in a certain style.
96A young plant fit for setting out
97A slip
98Shoot.
99A rudimentary fruit.
100The setting of the sun or other luminary
101(by extension) the close of the day.
102General movement
103Direction
104Drift
105Tendency.
106A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
107A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
108An object made up of several parts.
109A 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.
110Set theory.
111A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
112The scenery for a film or play.
113The 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.
114The initial or basic formation of dancers.
115A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
116A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
117A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
118The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
119A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
120A drum kit, a drum set.
121A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
122Three 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”).
123To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
124To begin to move
125To go forth.
126To wager in gambling
127To risk.
128To value
129To rate
130Used with at.
131That which is staked
132A wager
133Hence, a gambling game.
134An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.
135Gene for a human protein involved in apoptosis, transcription and nucleosome assembly.
136Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”). [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
137Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”). [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
138Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”). [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
139Initialism of Stock Exchange of Thailand, the national stock exchange of Thailand.
140Initialism of Strategic Energy Technologies Plan of the European Union.
141Initialism of Simulated Emergency Test, an amateur radio training exercise.