set

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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dress , arrange , do , coif , coiffe , coiffure , fructify , adjust , correct , set up , lay out , rig , place , put , sic , countersink , typeset , jell , congeal , plant , go down , go under , localize , localise , fix , prepare , ready , gear up , mark , specify , determine , define , limit , pose , position , lay , harden
• Antonyms: 
  rise , come up , uprise , ascend