English Dictionary

set

/sɛt/

verb

(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest. / (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

He set the book on the table.

意味（1）

(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.

Set the tray there.

意味（2）

(transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

I have set my heart on running the marathon.

意味（3）

(transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

The Lord thy God will set thee on high.

意味（4）

(transitive) To start (a fire).

意味（5）

(transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

to set a coach in the mud

意味（6）

(transitive) To determine or settle.

to set the rent

意味（7）

(transitive) To adjust.

I set the alarm at 6 a.m.

I set the alarm at 6 a.m. (i.e. I programmed it at that hour to go off at a later time)

意味（8）

(transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

意味（9）

(transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

Please set the table for our guests.

意味（10）

(transitive) To introduce or describe.

An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.

意味（11）

(transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

He says he will set his next film in France.

意味（12）

(transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

This crossword was set by Araucaria.

意味（13）

(transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).

意味（14）

(transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.

意味（15）

(transitive) To arrange (type).

It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.

意味（16）

(transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.

Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

意味（17）

(transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

意味（18）

(intransitive) To solidify.

The glue sets in five minutes.

意味（19）

(transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

to set milk for cheese

意味（20）

(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.

意味（21）

(transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.

意味（22）

(obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.

The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton

意味（23）

(transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.

Many fruit trees will only flower and set fruit following a cold winter.

意味（24）

(intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.

意味（25）

(intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).

Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.

意味（26）

To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

意味（27）

(hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

The dog sets the bird.

意味（28）

To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.

If he set industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.

意味（29）

(transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.

1682, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe

意味（30）

(transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

to set pear trees in an orchard

意味（31）

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

意味（32）

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.

意味（33）

(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.

Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.

意味（34）

To place or fix in a setting.

to set a precious stone in a border of metal

意味（35）

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

to set (that is, to hone) a razor

意味（36）

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

to set the sails of a ship

意味（37）

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

1743, Henry Fielding, The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams.[…], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), 3rd edition, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar,[…], OCLC 1157347657:

意味（38）

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

to set a broken bone

意味（39）

(masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

意味（40）

(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.

I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die.

意味（41）

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

High on their heads, with jewels richly set, / Each lady wore a radiant coronet.

意味（42）

(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.

Be you contented, wearing now the garland, / To have a son set your decrees at naught.

意味（43）

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

to set a good example

意味（44）

(Scotland) To suit; to become.

It sets him ill.