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