(set) v. set, set·ting v.t.
1. To put in a certain place or position; place.
2. To put into a fixed or immovable position, condition, or state: to set brick; to set one's jaw.
3. To bring to a specified condition or state: Set your mind at ease; to set a boat adrift.
4. To restore to proper position for healing, as a broken bone.
5. To place in readiness for operation or use: to set a trap.
6. To adjust according to a standard: to set a clock.
7. To adjust (an instrument, dial, etc.) to a particular calibration or position.
8. To place knives, forks, etc., on (a table) in preparing for a meal.
9. To bend the teeth of (a saw) to either side alternately.
10. To appoint or establish; prescribe: to set a time or limit.
11. To fix or establish a time for: We set our departure for noon.
12. To assign for performance, completion, etc.; allot: to set a task.
13. To assign to some specific duty or function; appoint; station: to set a guard.
14. To cause to sit.
15. To present or perform so as to be copied or emulated: to set the pace; to set a bad example.
16. To give a specified direction to; direct: He set his course for the Azores.
17. To put in place so as to catch the wind: to set the jib.
18. To place in a mounting or frame, as a gem.
19. To stud or adorn with gems: to set a crown with rubies.
20. To place (a hen) on eggs to hatch them.
21. To place (eggs) under a fowl or in an incubator for hatching.
22. To place (a price or value): with by or on: to set a price on an outlaw's head.
23. To point (game): said of hunting dogs.
24. Printing a To arrange (type) for printing; compose. b To put into type, as a sentence, manuscript, etc.
25. Music To arrange (music) for words or write (words) to accompany music.
26. To describe (a scene) as taking place: to set the scene in Monaco.
27. In the theater, to arrange (a stage) so as to depict a scene.
28. In some games, as bridge, to defeat.
—v.i.
29. To go or pass below the horizon, as the sun.
30. To wane; decline.
31. To sit on eggs, as fowl.
32. To become hard or firm; solidify; congeal.
33. To begin a journey; start: with forth, out, off, etc.
34. To have a specified direction; tend.
35. To hang or fit, as clothes.
36. To point game: said of hunting dogs.
37. Bot. To begin development or growth, as a rudimentary fruit.
—to set about To start doing; begin.
—to set against
1. To balance; compare.
2. To make unfriendly to; prejudice against.
—to set aside
1. To place apart or to one side.
2. To reject; dismiss.
3. To declare null and void.
—to set back To reverse; hinder.
—to set down
1. To place on a surface.
2. To write or print; record.
3. To judge or consider.
4. To attribute; ascribe.
—to set forth
1. To state or express.
2. To start, as a journey.
—to set in
1. To begin.
2. To blow or flow toward shore, as wind or tide.
—to set off
1. To put apart by itself.
2. To serve as a contrast or foil for; enhance.
3. To cause to explode.
—to set on To incite or instigate; urge.
—to set out
1. To present to view; display; exhibit.
2. To lay out or plan.
3. To begin a journey.
4. To begin any enterprise.
5. To plant.
—to set to
1. To start; begin.
2. To start fighting.
—to set up
1. To place in an upright position.
2. To raise.
3. To place in power, authority, etc.
4 a To construct or build, b To put together; assemble. c To found; establish.
5. To provide with the means to start a new business.
6. To cause to be heard: to set up a cry.
7. To propose or put forward (a theory, etc.).
8. To cause.
9. Colloq. a To pay for the drinks, etc., of; treat, b To pay for (drinks, etc.).
10. Colloq. To encourage; exhilarate.
—adjective
1. Established by authority or agreement; prescribed; appointed: a set time; a set method.
2. Customary; conventional: a set phrase.
3. Deliberately and systematically conceived; formal: a set speech.
4. Fixed and motionless; rigid.
5. Fixed in opinion or disposition; obstinate.
6. Formed; built; made: with a qualifying adverb: deep–set eyes; a low–set man.
7. Ready; prepared: to get set.
—noun
1. The act or condition of setting.
2. Permanent change of form, as by chemical action, cooling, pressure, strain, etc.
3. The arrangement, tilt, or hang of a garment, hat, sail, etc.
4. Carriage or bearing: the set of his shoulders.
5. The sinking of a heavenly body below the horizon.
6. The direction of a current or wind.
7. A young plant ready for setting out; a cutting, slip, or seedling.
8. Mech. The spread in opposite directions given to the alternate teeth of certain saws.
9. Psychol. A temporary condition assumed by an organism preparing for a particular response or activity.
10. In tennis, a group of games completed when one side wins six games, or in the event of a score tied at five games, the group of games terminated when one side wins two more games consecutively. [OE settan cause to sit. Akin to SIT.] Synonyms (verb): adapt, adjust, appoint, arrange, assign, determine, dispose, establish, fix, locate, place, plant, post, prescribe, put, regulate, settle, station. See ALLOT, PLANT, PREPARE, PUT, RAISE. Antonyms: detach, disestablish, disturb, eradicate, loosen, overthrow, remove, transfer, unsettle, uproot.

(set) noun
1. A number of persons regarded as associated through status, common interests, etc.: a new set of customers.
2. A social group having some exclusive character; coterie; clique: the fast set.
3. A number of things belonging together and customarily used together: a set of instruments; a set of teeth; a set of dishes.
4. A number of specific things so grouped as to form a whole: a set of lyrics; a set of motives; a set of features.
5. A group of volumes issued together and related by common authorship or subject.
6. The number of couples needed for a square dance or country dance.
7. The group of movements that compose a square dance.
8. In motion pictures, the complete assembly of properties, structures, etc., required in a scene.
9. Radio or television receiving equipment assembled for use. See synonyms under CLASS, FLOCK. [<OF sette <L secta a sect; infl. by SET¹. Doublet of SECT.]

(set)
In Egyptian mythology, the animal–headed god of darkness, night, and evil; opponent and slayer of Osiris. Also Seth.
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