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1. v. To put (something) down, to rest. Set the tray there. 2. v. To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. I have set my heart on running the marathon. 3. v. To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be. 4. v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot. to set a coach in the mud 5. v. To determine or settle. to set the rent 6. v. To adjust. I set the alarm at 6 a.m. 7. v. To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface. 8. v. To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table. Please set the table for our guests. 9. v. To introduce or describe. I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene. 10. v. To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to. He says he will set his next film in France. 11. v. To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge). This crossword was set by Araucaria. 12. v. To prepare (a stage or film set). 13. v. To fit (someone) up in a situation. 14. v. To arrange (type). It was a complex page, but he set it quickly. 15. v. To devise and assign (work) to. The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot. 16. v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack. 17. v. (intransitive) To solidify. The glue sets in four minutes. 18. v. To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle. to set milk for cheese 19. v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates. The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight. 20. v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract. 21. v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth. 22. v. (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination. to set seed 23. v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form. 24. v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position). He sets in that chair all day. 25. v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter. 26. v. (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game. The dog sets the bird. Your dog sets well. 27. v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out. 28. v. To fit music to words. 29. v. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. to set pear trees in an orchard 30. v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened. 31. v. To 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. 32. v. To place or fix in a setting. to set a precious stone in a border of metal to set glass in a sash 33. v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare. to set (that is, to hone) a razor to set a saw 34. v. To extend and bring into position; to spread. to set the sails of a ship 35. v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote. to set a psalm 36. v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state. to set a broken bone 37. v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure. 38. v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk. 39. v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there. 40. v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at. 41. v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign. to set a good example; to set lessons to be learned 42. v. (Scotland) To suit; to become. It sets him ill. 43. n. A punch for setting nails in wood. nail set 44. n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television. television set 45. n. (alt form, sett): a hole made and lived in by a badger. 46. n. (alt form, sett): pattern of threads and yarns. 47. n. (alt form, sett): piece of quarried stone. 48. n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets. 49. n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf. 50. n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game. 51. n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc. the set of a spring 52. n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer. 53. n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type. 54. n. A young oyster when first attached. 55. n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality. 56. n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun) 57. n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit. the set of a coat 58. n. The camber of a curved roofing tile. 59. adj. Fixed in position. 60. adj. Rigid, solidified. 61. adj. Ready, prepared. on your marks, get set, go!; on your marks, set, go! 62. adj. Intent, determined (to do something). set on getting to his destination 63. adj. Prearranged. a set menu 64. adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.