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To put (something) down, to rest.
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Set the tray there.
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To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
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I have set my heart on running the marathon.
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To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
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To start (a fire).
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To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
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to set a coach in the mud
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To determine or settle.
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to set the rent
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To adjust.
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I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
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To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
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To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
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Please set the table for our guests.
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To introduce or describe.
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I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
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To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
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He says he will set his next film in France.
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To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
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This crossword was set by Araucaria.
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To prepare (a stage or film set).
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To fit (someone) up in a situation.
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To arrange (type).
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It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
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To devise and assign (work) to.
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The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
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To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
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To solidify.
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The glue sets in four minutes.
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To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
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to set milk for cheese
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Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
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The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.
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To defeat a contract.
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(now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
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To produce after pollination.
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to set seed
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(of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
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(Midwestern US) To sit (be in a seated position).
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He sets in that chair all day.
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To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
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Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
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The dog sets the bird.
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To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
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To fit music to words.
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To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
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to set pear trees in an orchard
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To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
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To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
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The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
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(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.
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Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.
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To place or fix in a setting.
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to set a precious stone in a border of metal
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To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
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to set (that is, to hone) a razor
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To extend and bring into position; to spread.
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to set the sails of a ship
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To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
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to set a psalm
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To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
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to set a broken bone
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To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
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To wager in gambling; to risk.
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To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
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To value; to rate; used with at.
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To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
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to set a good example
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To suit; to become.
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It sets him ill.