What is set?

More definitions of "set":

• (verb): Put into a position that will restore a normal state.
  Example: "Set a broken bone"

• (adj): Situated in a particular spot or position.
  Example: "A house set on a hilltop"
  Synonyms: located, placed, situated

• (adj): (usually followed by 'to' or 'for') on the point of or strongly disposed.
  Example: "We are set to go at any time"
  Synonyms: fit, primed

• (verb): Disappear beyond the horizon.
  Synonyms: go down, go under

• (noun): The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon.
  Example: "Before the set of sun"

• (verb): Bear fruit.
  Synonyms: fructify

• (verb): Estimate.
  Synonyms: place, put

• (adj): Being below the horizon.
  Example: "The moon is set"

• (verb): Decide upon or fix definitely.
  Synonyms: specify, determine, fix, limit

• (noun): The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization.
  Example: "He tested the set of the glue"
  Synonyms: hardening, solidifying, solidification, curing

• (noun): Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals.
  Example: "The early sets ran on storage batteries"

• (noun): Evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris.
  Synonyms: Seth

• (verb): Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.
  Synonyms: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up

• (noun): A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way.
  Example: "The set of his mind was obvious"
  Synonyms: bent

• (noun): The act of putting something in position.
  Example: "He gave a final set to his hat"

• (verb): Put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground.
  Synonyms: plant

• (verb): Equip with sails, masts, etc..
  Synonyms: rig, set up

• (verb): Put into a certain place or abstract location.
  Example: "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"
  Synonyms: put, place, pose, position, lay

• (verb): Fix in a border.
  Example: "The goldsmith set the diamond"

• (verb): Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state.
  Example: "Set the house afire"

• (noun): Several exercises intended to be done in series.
  Synonyms: exercise set

• (verb): Locate.
  Example: "The film is set in Africa"
  Synonyms: localize, localise, place

• (noun): Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production.
  Synonyms: stage set

• (verb): Become gelatinous.
  Synonyms: jell, congeal

• (verb): Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.
  Synonyms: adjust, correct

• (verb): Arrange attractively.
  Synonyms: dress, arrange, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure

• (verb): Apply or start.
  Example: "Set fire to a building"

• (verb): Give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor.

• (noun): A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.
  Example: "A set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"

• (verb): Fix conclusively or authoritatively.
  Example: "Set the rules"
  Synonyms: determine

• (verb): Urge a dog to attack someone.
  Synonyms: sic

• (verb): Get ready for a particular purpose or event.
  Example: "Set up an experiment"; "set the table"
  Synonyms: set up, lay out

• (adj): Determined or decided upon as by an authority.
  Example: "The time set for the launching"
  Synonyms: determined, dictated

• (verb): Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly.
  Example: "Set clocks or instruments"

• (adj): Converted to solid form (as concrete).
  Synonyms: hardened

• (noun): An unofficial association of people or groups.
  Example: "The smart set goes there"
  Synonyms: circle, band, lot

• (noun): A unit of play in tennis or squash.
  Example: "They played two sets of tennis after dinner"

• (adj): Fixed and unmoving.
  Example: "With eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien
  Synonyms: fixed, rigid

• (verb): Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink).
  Synonyms: countersink

• (verb): Establish as the highest level or best performance.
  Example: "Set a record"
  Synonyms: mark

• (noun): (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols.
  Example: "The set of prime numbers is infinite"

• (verb): Adapt for performance in a different way.
  Example: "Set this poem to music"
  Synonyms: arrange

• (noun): (psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way.
  Example: "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"
  Synonyms: readiness

Famous quotes containing the word set:

“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.... Where be your jibes now, your gambols, your songs, your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you’re an idiot.”
—Steve Martin (b. 1945)