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- Set
- An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction
- service set identifier
- a code that identifies the network to which packets on a wireless network belong
- service set identifiers
- plural form of service set identifier
- set
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets
- set
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface
- set
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest
This is the fourth set of benchpresses.
- set
- To compile, to make (a crossword)
- set
- A 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
- set
- Ready, prepared
- set
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form
In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.
- set
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves; a radio or television
television set.
- set
- The initial or basic formation of dancers
- set
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose
a set of tools.
- set
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack
- set
- To begin to move; to go forth
The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton.
- set
- To devise and assign (work) to
The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
- set
- Prearranged
a set menu.
- set
- To locate, to backdrop (a play, etc)
He says he will set his next film in France.
- set
- Fixed in one’s opinion
I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.
- set
- A drum kit, a drum set
He plays the set on Saturdays.
- set
- To defeat a contract
- set
- A sett; a hole made and lived in by a badger
- set
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf
- set
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match
- set
- Intent, determined (to do something)
set on getting to his destination.
- set
- To solidify
The glue sets in 4 minutes.
- set
- To introduce or describe
An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.
- set
- Three of a kind in poker. In community card games, the term is usually reserved for a situation in which a pair in a player's hand is matched by a single card on the board. Compare with trips. Weisenberg, Michael (2000) . MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
- set
- Set theory
- set
- A punch for setting nails in wood
nail set.
- set
- An object made up several parts
a set of steps.
- set
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces
- set
- To adjust
I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
- set
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as it rotates
The moon sets at 8:00 PM tonight.
- set
- The scenery for a film or play
- set
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery
Please set the table for our guests.
- set
- To prepare (a stage or film set)
- set
- To determine or settle
to set the rent.
- set
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match
- set
- To put (something) down, to rest
Set the tray there.
- set
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack
- set
- to sit
He set down on the stool in the corner of the room.
- set
- To fit (someone) up in a situation
- set
- A matching collection of similar things
a set of tables.
- set
- Fixed in a certain style
- set
- A group of people, usually meeting socially
the country set.
- set
- To arrange (type)
It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
- set about
- To attack
Two youths set about him.
- set about
- To initiate or begin some action
He set about designing his homepage.
- set apart
- To select something or someone for a specific purpose
- set apart
- To separate or isolate
- set aside
- To disagree with something and reject or overturn it
- set aside
- To declare something invalid or null and void
- set aside
- To separate and reserve something for a specific purpose
Plan to set aside three or four hours to see the museum.
- set back
- To delay or obstruct
I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile.
- set back
- To remove from or allow distance
Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.
- set back
- To cost money, as
How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?.
- set down
- To write
I set down this account so others may benefit from my experience.
- set down
- To place, especially on the ground or a surface; to cease carrying
- set fire
- to light using fire
They set fire to the house.
- set foot
- To enter
Yet had I scarce set foot in the passage when I stopped, remembering how once already this same evening I had played the coward, and run home scared with my own fears.
- set foot
- To step onto
After the boat capsized, I thought that I would never set foot on dry land again.
- set for life
- Possessing sufficient resources, especially financial, to last a lifetime
It wasn't that long ago when getting a bank job after school meant you were set for life.
- set forth
- To present for consideration; to propose
- set forth
- To begin a journey or expedition
- set free
- To release, to free, to give freedom to
Well, you can tell Nan that she won't marry Peter Mallory with my consent. I'll never set her free to be another man's wife..
- set in
- To take root, become established
That was the point at which the rot set in.
- set in one's ways
- Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences
He's as set in his ways now as a little old man.
- set in stone
- permanent; certain; firm
The decision won't be set in stone until we release the documents.
- set in stone
- to make permanent, certain, or firm
The plan looks good, but don't set it in stone until we have discussed it a bit more.
- set list
- A band's playlist of the order of songs in a live performance
- set of pipes
- A wind instrument incorporating multiple pipes, such as a panpipe or bagpipe
The old man taught the boy to play the flute, and together they constructed a set of pipes—the pipes o' Pan—and out along the river they would play.
- set of pipes
- Voice for singing
Peaches—who usually raps her lyrics in husky tones—also reveals she has one helluva set of pipes, belting out Talk to Me with enough power to give any disco diva pause.
- set off
- To cause to explode
What a tragedy, that someone would set off a bomb in a crowded place.
- set off
- To offset, to compensate for: to reduce the effect of, by having a contrary effect
When a woman had made such a mistake, there was only one way to repair it,—to accept it. One folly was enough, especially it was to last for ever; a second one would not much set it off.
- set off
- To leave; to begin a journey or trip
He set off in search of better opportunities.
- set off
- To make angry
Don't set him off or he won't shut up all day.
- set off
- To begin; to cause; to initiate
I had no idea that one simple comment would set off such a huge argument.
- set on
- To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone
I will set the dogs on you, if you don't leave right now!.
- set on fire
- To cause to begin to burn
- set on fire
- To arouse passionate feelings in
You set my heart on fire.
- set one's cap at
- to choose the man as a potential husband (of a girl). Or, more generally, to choose something as a goal
How he has escaped marriage until now I cannot tell: the number of caps set in his direction would furnish a warehouse. — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise.
- set one's shoulder to the wheel
- To start hard work; to begin to toil
- set operation
- A mathematical operation that returns a set taking one or more sets as input
- set out
- To go out, leave
I had been calling Nobs in the meantime and was about to set out in search of him, fearing, to tell the truth, to do so lest I find him mangled and dead among the trees of the acacia grove, when he suddenly emerged from among the boles, his ears flattened, his tail between his legs and his body screwed into a suppliant S. He was unharmed except for minor bruises; but he was the most chastened dog I have ever seen.
- set out
- To start an activity with the intention of finishing it
Many young people set out to change the world.
- set out
- To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing
This contract sets out all the terms of the agreement as we discussed.
- set phrase
- A common expression whose words cannot be replaced by synonymous words without compromising the meaning
If it proves clearly unfeasible to make the audience laugh at a thin and far-fetched joke, it is always better to change the way the joke works . . . for instance, a pun based on the speaker's taking literally some set phrase or metaphor with a pun based on phonetic similarity.
- set phrase
- A common expression whose wording is not subject to variation
Bally remarks in passing, as Hall does not, that the inversion in toujours est-il que is part of a set phrase and hence invariable.
- set phrases
- plural form of set phrase
- set piece
- any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff
Roberto Carlos is deadly from set pieces.
- set piece
- an elaborate action scene in a movie or video game
- set piece
- any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation
- set piece
- a piece of freestanding stage scenery
- set pieces
- plural form of set piece
- set point
- A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match)
- set point
- A setting or location that is fixed
- set sail
- To embark on a voyage by boat
We set sail for the Caribbean.
- set screw
- A screw with threads the entire length and no head. Typically, setscrews have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length
- set screw
- Any screw used to hold or adjust a setting. Frequently a setscrew (1), but may also refer to any other machine screw or thumb screw used for the purpose of setting
- set square
- a right angle tool used to determine if two surfaces join at a 90-degree angle, composed of two arms, usually made from metal
- set square
- A flat triangular piece of plastic or other material, having corners of precise angles, used in technical drawing
Descartes extended this classification by introducing his set-square compass. This is mechanism of sliding set squares that push each other... .
- set squares
- plural form of set square
- set straight
- To correct; to make right or true
He misspoke, but I quietly set him straight.
- set the Thames on fire
- To achieve something amazing; to do something which brings great public acclaim
- set the cat among the pigeons
- Alternative form of put the cat among the pigeons
- set the pace
- To establish a common goal by example
In May 2003, South Africa set the pace by banning thin plastic bags and imposing a tax on thick ones.
- set the pace
- To establish the speed for a group to move at, for example in a race
- set the stage
- To prepare; to establish the basis or required conditions
White House policies—on taxing and spending, trade and regulation—will set the stage for recovery.
- set the wheels in motion
- to initiate a chain of events necessary to help one achieve a goal (more quickly)
- set theoretically
- In a manner which uses set theory
- set theoretically
- In the sense of set theory
- set theory
- The mathematical theory of sets
- set to music
- To adapt a literary work by adding music (and often song)
- set to work
- To begin working at
As soon as I could, I set to work making the entries.
- set to work
- To begin working
Everyday he sets to work at the new assignments.
- set to work
- To cause to begin working
I set the pump to work getting the water out of the basement.
- set tool
- A blacksmithing tool meant to be struck by a hammer
- set top box
- A device that converts an incoming signal into a format displayable by a television
- set up
- To make (someone) proud or conceited (often in passive)
M. Robespierre looked at me sideways and smiled and said to Madame, ‘You're a young lady after my own heart.’ This set her up for the day.
- set up
- To trap or ensnare
I've got to set up that tasty rabbit.
- set up
- Arrange for an outcome; to tamper or rig
The election was set up!.
- set up
- In a position to function; ready
Now that I'm set up, this will take moments!.
- set up
- To gel or harden
Give the cement 24 hours to set up before walking on it.
- set up
- To ready something for use
We set up the sprinkler.
- set up
- To cause to happen
Even a minor change can set up new bugs.
- set up
- To matchmake; to arrange a date between two people
- set up
- Logically order
Set up my CD collection.
- set up shop
- To establish a business
these companies could enjoy support required to set up shop for the long term.
- set up shop
- To physically arrange a shop or workplace
He set up shop in his garage every Saturday.
- set-aside
- reserved or booked in advance
- set-aside
- taken out of agricultural production
- set-aside
- land that has been taken out of agricultural production to reduce crop surpluses
- set-aside
- that has or have been set aside
- set-aside
- something that is set aside for a specific purpose
- set-builder notation
- a mathematical notation for describing a set by stating the properties that its members must satisfy
- set-theoretic
- Of, relating to or using set theory
a set-theoretic proof.
- set-theoretic difference
- Given two sets A and B, the set-theoretic difference of A and B is the set that contains exactly those elements belonging to A but not to B; the relative complement of B in A
- set-theoretically
- Alternative spelling of set theoretically
- set-top box
- a device that connects some source of signal to a television set, often decrypting a digitally encrypted signal from a communications satellite or cable network
- set-top boxes
- plural form of set-top box
- set ablaze
- set on fire, ignite
- set him free
- release him, gave him his freedom
- set in stone
- no longer changeable; "the agreement is not yet set in stone"
- set up
- If you set up somewhere or set yourself up somewhere, you establish yourself in a new business or new area. the mayor's scheme offers incentives to firms setting up in lower Manhattan He worked as a dance instructor in London before setting himself up in Bucharest Grandfather set them up in a liquor business
- set out to do something
- (Ev ile ilgili) Begin doing something that is part of a plan
- set the agenda
- Decide what subjects other people should discuss and deal with, often in a way which shows that you have more authority than them
