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▸ verb:  (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To start (a fire).
▸ verb:  (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To determine or settle.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To adjust.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To introduce or describe.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To arrange (type).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
▸ verb:  (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To solidify.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
▸ verb:  (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
▸ verb:  (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
▸ verb:  (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
▸ verb:  To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
▸ verb:  (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
▸ verb:  To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
▸ verb:  To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
▸ verb:  To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, country dancing) To 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.
▸ verb:  To place or fix in a setting.
▸ verb:  To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
▸ verb:  To extend and bring into position; to spread.
▸ verb:  To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
▸ verb:  To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, now dialectal) To sit or lie (easily etc.) on the stomach; to be digested in a certain manner.
▸ verb:  (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
▸ verb:  To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
▸ verb:  To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
▸ verb:  (Scotland) To suit; to become.
▸ verb:  To cause (a domestic fowl) to sit on eggs to brood.
▸ verb:  Repeating, or redoing, a specific exercise move without any breaks.
▸ noun:  A punch for setting nails in wood.
▸ noun:  A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
▸ noun:  (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
▸ noun:  The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
▸ noun:  (engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
▸ noun:  A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
▸ noun:  (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
▸ noun:  (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
▸ noun:  A young oyster when first attached.
▸ noun:  Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
▸ noun:  A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
▸ noun:  (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
▸ noun:  The pattern of a tartan, etc.
▸ noun:  The camber of a curved roofing tile.
▸ noun:  The full number of eggs set under a hen.
▸ noun:  (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
▸ adjective:  Fixed in position.
▸ adjective:  Rigid, solidified.
▸ adjective:  Ready, prepared.
▸ adjective:  Intent, determined (to do something).
▸ adjective:  Prearranged.
▸ adjective:  Fixed in one’s opinion.
▸ adjective:  (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
▸ noun:  A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
▸ noun:  A rudimentary fruit.
▸ noun:  The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
▸ noun:  (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
▸ noun:  A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
▸ noun:  A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
▸ noun:  An object made up of several parts.
▸ noun:  (set theory) 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.
▸ noun:  (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
▸ noun:  A group of people, usually meeting socially.
▸ noun:  The scenery for a film or play.
▸ noun:  the 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.
▸ noun:  (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
▸ noun:  (exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
▸ noun:  (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
▸ noun:  (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
▸ noun:  (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
▸ noun:  (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
▸ noun:  (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
▸ noun:  (UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
▸ noun:  (poker, slang) Three 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”).
▸ verb:  (UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
▸ noun:  (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.
▸ noun:  Gene for a human protein involved in apoptosis, transcription and nucleosome assembly.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of sett (“a hole made and lived in by a badger”) [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
▸ noun:  Alternative form of sett (“pattern of threads and yarns”) [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
▸ noun:  Alternative form of sett (“piece of quarried stone”) [The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger.]
▸ noun:  Initialism of Simulated Emergency Test., an amateur radio training exercise.
▸ noun:  Initialism of Strategic Energy Technologies. Plan of the European Union.
▸ noun:  Initialism of Stock Exchange of Thailand., the national stock exchange of Thailand.

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