<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.</li><li>To place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet.</li><li>To put into some condition: to set a house on fire.</li><li>To put or apply: to set fire to a house.</li><li>To put in the proper position: to set a chair back on its feet.</li><li>To put in the proper or desired order or condition for use: to set a trap.</li><li>To distribute or arrange china, silver, etc., for use on (a table): to set the table for dinner.</li><li>To put (the hair, especially when wet) on rollers, in clips, or the like, so that the hair will assume a particular style.</li><li>To put (a price or value) upon something: He set $7500 as the right amount for the car.</li><li>To fix the value of at a certain amount or rate; value: He set the car at $500.</li><li>To post, station, or appoint for the purpose of performing some duty: to set spies on a person.</li><li>To determine or fix definitely: to set a time limit.</li><li>To resolve or decide upon: to set a wedding date.</li><li>To cause to pass into a given state or condition: to set one's mind at rest; to set a prisoner free.</li><li>To direct or settle resolutely or wishfully: to set one's mind to a task.</li><li>To present as a model; place before others as a standard: to set a good example.</li><li>To establish for others to follow: to set a fast pace.</li><li>To prescribe or assign, as a task.</li><li>To adjust (a mechanism) so as to control its performance.</li><li>To adjust the hands of (a clock or watch) according to a certain standard: I always set my watch by the clock in the library.</li><li>To adjust (a timer, alarm of a clock, etc.) so as to sound when desired: He set the alarm for seven o'clock.</li><li>To fix or mount (a gem or the like) in a frame or setting.</li><li>To ornament or stud with gems or the like: a bracelet set with pearls.</li><li>To cause to sit; seat: to set a child in a high chair.</li><li>To put (a hen) on eggs to hatch them.</li><li>To place (eggs) under a hen or in an incubator for hatching.</li><li>To place or plant firmly: to set a flagpole in concrete.</li><li>To put into a fixed, rigid, or settled state, as the face, muscles, etc.</li><li>To fix at a given point or calibration: to set the dial on an oven; to set a micrometer.</li><li>To tighten (often followed by up): to set nuts well up.</li><li>To cause to take a particular direction: to set one's course to the south.</li><li>To put (a broken or dislocated bone) back in position.</li><li>To indicate the position of (game) by standing stiffly and pointing with the muzzle.</li><li>To fit, as words to music.</li><li>To arrange for musical performance.</li><li>To arrange (music) for certain voices or instruments.</li><li>To arrange the scenery, properties, lights, etc., on (a stage) for an act or scene.</li><li>To prepare (a scene) for dramatic performance.</li><li>To spread and secure (a sail) so as to catch the wind.</li><li>To arrange (type) in the order required for printing.</li><li>To put together types corresponding to (copy); compose in type: to set an article.</li><li>To put aside (a substance to which yeast has been added) in order that it may rise.</li><li>To change into curd: to set milk with rennet.</li><li>To cause (glue, mortar, or the like) to become fixed or hard.</li><li>To urge, goad, or encourage to attack: to set the hounds on a trespasser.</li><li>To cause (the opposing partnership or their contract) to fall short: We set them two tricks at four spades.</li><li>To affix or apply, as by stamping: The king set his seal to the decree.</li><li>To fix or engage (a fishhook) firmly into the jaws of a fish by pulling hard on the line once the fish has taken the bait.</li><li>To sharpen or put a keen edge on (a blade, knife, razor, etc.) by honing or grinding.</li><li>To fix the length, width, and shape of (yarn, fabric, etc.).</li><li>To sink (a nail head) with a nail set.</li><li>To bend or form to the proper shape, as a saw tooth or a spring.</li><li>To bend the teeth of (a saw) outward from the blade alternately on both sides in order to make a cut wider than the blade itself.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act or state of setting or the state of being set.</li><li>A collection of articles designed for use together: a set of china; a chess set.</li><li>A collection, each member of which is adapted for a special use in a particular operation: a set of golf clubs; a set of carving knives.</li><li>A number, group, or combination of things of similar nature, design, or function: a set of ideas.</li><li>A series of volumes by one author, about one subject, etc.</li><li>A number, company, or group of persons associated by common interests, occupations, conventions, or status: a set of murderous thieves; the smart set.</li><li>The fit, as of an article of clothing: the set of his coat.</li><li>Fixed direction, bent, or inclination: The set of his mind was obvious.</li><li>Bearing or carriage: the set of one's shoulders.</li><li>The assumption of a fixed, rigid, or hard state, as by mortar or glue.</li><li>The arrangement of the hair in a particular style: How much does the beauty salon charge for a shampoo and set?</li><li>A plate for holding a tool or die.</li><li>An apparatus for receiving radio or television programs; receiver.</li><li>A group of stamps that form a complete series.</li><li>A unit of a match, consisting of a group of not fewer than six games with a margin of at least two games between the winner and loser: He won the match in straight sets of 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.</li><li>A construction representing a place or scene in which the action takes place in a stage, motion-picture, or television production.</li><li>The direction of a wind, current, etc.</li><li>The form or arrangement of the sails, spars, etc., of a vessel.</li><li>Suit (def 12).</li><li>A temporary state of an organism characterized by a readiness to respond to certain stimuli in a specific way.</li><li>A timber frame bracing or supporting the walls or roof of a shaft or stope.</li><li>Nail set.</li><li>A collection of objects or elements classed together.</li><li>The width of a body of type.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Fixed or prescribed beforehand: a set time; set rules.</li><li>Specified; fixed: The hall holds a set number of people.</li><li>Deliberately composed; customary: set phrases.</li><li>Fixed; rigid: a set smile.</li><li>Resolved or determined; habitually or stubbornly fixed: to be set in one's opinions.</li><li>Completely prepared; ready: Is everyone set?</li></ul><p><strong>Interjection</strong></p><ul><li>Also get set! (in calling the start of a race): Ready! Set! Go!</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>To write or to copy or record in writing or printing.</li><li>To consider; estimate: to set someone down as a fool.</li><li>To attribute; ascribe: to set a failure down to bad planning.</li><li>To put in a position of rest on a level surface.</li><li>To humble or humiliate.</li><li>To land an airplane: We set down in a heavy fog.</li><li>(In horse racing) to suspend (a jockey) from competition because of some offense or infraction of the rules.</li><li>To attack or cause to attack: to set one's dog on a stranger.</li><li>To instigate; incite: to set a crew to mutiny.</li><li>To save or keep for future use.</li><li>To begin a journey or course: to set out for home.</li><li>To undertake; attempt: He set out to prove his point.</li><li>To design; plan: to set out a pattern.</li><li>To define; describe: to set out one's arguments.</li><li>To plant: to set out petunias and pansies.</li><li>To lay out (the plan of a building) in actual size at the site.</li><li>To lay out (a building member or the like) in actual size.</li><li>To begin on; start.</li><li>To undertake; attempt.</li><li>To assault; attack.</li><li>To cause to become ignited or to explode.</li><li>To begin; start.</li><li>To intensify or improve by contrast.</li><li>To begin a journey or trip; depart.</li></ul>