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Set

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1.SymbolISO 639-3 language code for Sentani.
2.VerbTo put (something) down, to rest.
"Set the tray there.; He helped his mother set the table for lunch."
3.VerbTo attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
"I have set my heart on running the marathon."
4.VerbTo put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
5.VerbTo start (a fire).
6.VerbTo cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
"to set a coach in the mud"
7.VerbTo determine or settle.
"to set the rent"
8.VerbTo adjust.
"I set the alarm at 6 a.m.; I set the alarm for 6 a.m."
9.VerbTo punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
10.VerbTo arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
"Please set the table for our guests."
11.VerbTo introduce or describe.
"I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene."
12.VerbTo locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
"He says he will set his next film in France.; Her debut novel is set during the U.S. Civil War."
13.VerbTo compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
"This crossword was set by Araucaria."
14.VerbTo prepare (a stage or film set).
15.VerbTo fit (someone) up in a situation.
16.VerbTo arrange (type).
"It was a complex page, but he set it quickly."
17.VerbTo devise and assign (work) to.
"The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot."
18.VerbTo direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
19.VerbTo gel; to solidify.
"This glue sets in five minutes.; This jelly sets within a few hours when refrigerated."
20.VerbTo render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
"to set milk for cheese"
21.VerbOf a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
"The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight."
22.VerbTo defeat a contract.
23.VerbTo begin to move; to go forth.
24.VerbTo produce after pollination.
"to set seed"
25.VerbTo be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
26.VerbTo sit (be in a seated position).
"He sets in that chair all day."
27.VerbTo rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
28.VerbTo hunt game with the aid of a setter.
29.VerbOf a dog, to indicate the position of game.
"The dog sets the bird.; Your dog sets well."
30.VerbTo apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
31.VerbTo fit music to words.
32.VerbTo place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
"to set pear trees in an orchard"
33.VerbTo become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
34.VerbTo have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
"The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward."
35.VerbTo 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.
"Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller."
36.VerbTo place or fix in a setting.
"to set a precious stone in a border of metal; to set glass in a sash"
37.VerbTo put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
"to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw"
38.VerbTo extend and bring into position; to spread.
"to set the sails of a ship"
39.VerbTo give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
40.VerbTo reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
"to set a broken bone"
41.VerbTo sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
42.VerbTo lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
43.VerbTo wager in gambling; to risk.
44.VerbTo adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
45.VerbTo value; to rate; used with at.
46.VerbTo establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
"to set a good example"
47.VerbTo suit; to become.
"It sets him ill."
48.VerbTo cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
"To set a hen."
49.NounA punch for setting nails in wood.
"nail set"
50.NounA device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
"television set"
51.NounAlternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”).
52.NounAlternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”).
53.NounAlternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”).
54.NounA small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
55.NounThe amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
56.NounA permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
"the set of a spring"
57.NounA bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
58.NounA piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
59.NounThe width of the body of a type.
60.NounA young oyster when first attached.
61.NounCollectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
62.NounA series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
63.NounThe manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
"the set of a coat"
64.NounThe pattern of a tartan, etc.
65.NounThe camber of a curved roofing tile.
66.NounThe full number of eggs set under a hen.
67.NounThat which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
68.NounA tool for dressing forged iron.
69.AdjectiveFixed in position.
70.AdjectiveRigid, solidified.
71.AdjectiveReady, prepared.
"on your marks, get set, go!;  on your marks, set, go!"
72.AdjectiveIntent, determined (to do something).
"set on getting to his destination"
73.AdjectivePrearranged.
"a set menu; a set book"
74.AdjectiveFixed in one’s opinion.
"I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them."
75.AdjectiveFixed in a certain style.
76.NounA young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
77.NounA rudimentary fruit.
78.NounThe setting of the sun or other luminary; the close of the day.
79.NounGeneral movement; direction; drift; tendency.
80.NounA matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
"a set of tables"
81.NounA collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
"a set of tools"
82.NounAn object made up of several parts.
"a set of steps"
83.NounA 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.
84.NounSet theory.
85.NounA group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
"the country set"
86.NounThe scenery for a film or play.
87.Nounthe 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.
88.NounThe initial or basic formation of dancers.
89.NounA group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
90.NounA complete series of games, forming part of a match.
91.NounA complete series of points, forming part of a match.
92.NounThe act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
93.NounA musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
94.NounA drum kit, a drum set.
"He plays the set on Saturdays."
95.NounA class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
96.NounThree 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”).
97.VerbTo divide a class group in a subject according to ability
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