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set Scrabble score: 3
Meaning of set
- construction representing the setting of the action in a play
- dance face to face with another in a square dance set to your partner and turn
- put in motion
- st station
- become solid or thickened by chemical or physical alteration the cement sets rapidly
- to begin to fight; contend
- place oneself in position in preparation for an action (as running)
- to become firm
- to record in writing or printing
- to attack or cause to attack
- cause (as fruit or seed) to develop
- to instigate; incite
- to lay out (a plan of a building or structural part) in actual size at the construction site
- place with care or deliberate purpose and with relative stability set a ladder against the wall set a stone on the grave
- in readiness; prepared
- to establish
- put into type or its equivalent (as on film) set the first word in italic
- to begin on; start
- to put or place
- place in a specified literary or dramatic setting
- put aside (as dough containing yeast) for fermenting
- to cause to be noticed; distinguish
- to undertake; attempt
- fix or decide on as a time, limit, or regulation prescribe set a wedding day set the rules for the game
- direct to action
- to turn the hands of (a watch or clock) to show an earlier time
- prearranged
- arrange (hair) in a desired style by using implements (as curlers, rollers, or clips) and gels or lotions
- defeat (an opponent or a contract) in bridge
- undergo development usually as a result of pollination
- incite to attack or antagonism war sets brother against brother
- to land an airplane
- direct with fixed attention set your mind to it
- put and fix in a direction set our faces toward home once more
- sink (the head of a nail) below the surface
- bend slightly the tooth points of (a saw) alternately in opposite directions
- to consider; estimate
- ply set a match to kindling
- adjust (a device and especially a measuring device) to a desired position set the alarm for 700 set a thermostat at 68
- fix in a desired position (as by heating or stretching)
- to state
- adjust (as a clock) in conformity with a standard
- make scenically ready for a performance set the stage
- make unyielding or obstinate
- to put to one side; reserve
- spread to the wind set the sails
- resolved
- to dismiss from the mind; reject
- to set to a later setting or time
- place as an estimate of worth set a high value on life
- fix as a distinguishing imprint, sign, or appearance the years have set their mark on him
- cause the start of set a fire
- to fix definitely
- to raise
- put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator
- point out the position of (game) by holding a fixed attitude
- arrange (type) for printing set type by hand
- become whole by growing together
- to assault; attack
- the brother and murderer of Osiris, represented as having the form of a donkey or other mammal and regarded as personifying the desert
- cause to assume a specified posture or position set the door ajar
- fix firmly make immobile give rigid form or condition to set her jaw in determination
- become permanent
- to begin a journey or course
- to begin a trip
- appoint or assign to an office or duty
- be becoming be suitable fit the coat sets well
- cover and warm eggs to hatch them
- to design; plan
- affect one with or as if with weight the pudding sets heavily on my stomach
- put in order for use set a place for a guest
- to make a vigorous effort; apply oneself to work; begin
- to turn the hands of (a watch or clock) to show a later time
- cause to become firm or solid set milk for cheese
- to cause to sit place in or on a seat
- to humble or humiliate
- to cause to be hostile or antagonistic
- restore to normal position or connection when dislocated or fractured set a broken bone
- place in a relative rank or category set duty before pleasure
- place in relation for comparison or balance theory set against practice
- to sink below the horizon
- establish as the highest level or best performance set a record for the half mile
- put a fine edge on by grinding or honing set a razor
- adorn with something affixed or infixed stud dot clear sky set with stars
- place (oneself) in position to start running in a race
- to begin
- to reserve for a particular purpose
- fix at a certain amount set bail at $500
- radio or television receiver
- to save or keep for future use
- to begin to prevail; arrive
- hold something in regard or esteem at the rate of sets a great deal by daily exercise
- pass below the horizon go down the sun sets
- place by transporting was set ashore on the island
- fix (as a precious stone) in a border of metal place in a setting
- to arrange (type) for printing
- fix
- come to an end this century sets with little mirth Thomas Fuller
- to put in a particular position [v SETTING, -S]
- to hinder; impede
- (of winds or currents) to blow or flow toward the shore
- to rest on a level surface
- make (as a trap) ready to catch prey
- put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them
- fix (a hook) firmly into the jaw of a fish
- to cause to explode
- to attribute; ascribe
- to compare or contrast
- apply oneself to some activity set to work
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- furnish as a pattern or model set an example of generosity
- have a specified direction in motion flow tend the wind was setting from Pine Hill to the farm Esther Forbes
- to define; describe
- indicate the position of game by crouching or pointing
- group; complete collection
- to put (a broken bone) in position
- cause to assume a specified condition, relation, or occupation slaves were set free set the house on fire
- allot as a task setting lessons for the children to work upon at home Manchester Examiner
- to prevail over; discard; annul
- to plant
- to reduce to a lower setting
- story set in Paris