set

1. imp. & p. p. of Set Source: opted

2. v. t. To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end. Source: opted

3. v. t. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. Source: opted

4. v. t. To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be. Source: opted

5. v. t. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Source: opted

6. v. t. To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud. Source: opted

7. v. t. To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance. Source: opted

8. v. t. To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard. Source: opted

9. v. t. To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash. Source: opted

10. v. t. To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese. Source: opted

11. v. t. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Source: opted

12. v. t. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw. Source: opted

13. v. t. To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship. Source: opted

14. v. t. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm. Source: opted

15. v. t. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone. Source: opted

16. v. t. To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock. Source: opted

17. v. t. To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure. Source: opted

18. v. t. To stake at play; to wager; to risk. Source: opted

19. v. t. To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing. Source: opted

20. v. t. To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse. Source: opted

21. v. t. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there. Source: opted

22. v. t. To value; to rate; -- with at. Source: opted

23. v. t. To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs. Source: opted

24. v. t. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned. Source: opted

25. v. t. To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. Source: opted

26. v. t. To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page. Source: opted

27. v. i. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. Source: opted

28. v. i. To fit music to words. Source: opted

29. v. i. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. Source: opted

30. v. i. To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom). Source: opted

31. v. i. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened. Source: opted

32. v. i. To congeal; to concrete; to solidify. Source: opted

33. v. i. To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward. Source: opted

34. v. i. To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out. Source: opted

35. v. i. To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter. Source: opted

36. v. i. To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out. Source: opted

37. v. i. To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well. Source: opted

38. a. Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance. Source: opted

39. a. Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices. Source: opted

40. a. Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle. Source: opted

41. a. Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer. Source: opted

42. a. Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted. Source: opted

43. n. The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. Source: opted

44. n. That which is set, placed, or fixed. Source: opted

45. n. A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn. Source: opted

46. n. That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture. Source: opted

47. n. Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring. Source: opted

48. n. A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set. Source: opted

49. n. A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece. Source: opted

50. n. A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Source: opted

51. n. A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc. Source: opted

52. n. A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique. Source: opted

53. n. Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current. Source: opted

54. n. In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed. Source: opted

55. n. The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade. Source: opted

56. n. A young oyster when first attached. Source: opted

57. n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality. Source: opted

58. n. A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce. Source: opted

59. n. That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width. Source: opted

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