Definition of Set

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Definition of Set

Set

Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used. Sometimes written sett.

A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.

Camber of a curved roofing tile.

The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat.

of Set

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.

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

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.

To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.

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.

To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.

To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.

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.

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.

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

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.

To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.

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

To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.

To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

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

To value; to rate; -- with at.

To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.

To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.

To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

To fit music to words.

To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

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).

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

To congeal; to concrete; to solidify.

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.

To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out.

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.

To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out.

To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.

Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.

Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.

Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.

Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.

Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.

The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.

That which is set, placed, or fixed.

A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn.

That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture.

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

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

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.

A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface.

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.

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

Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.

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

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.

A young oyster when first attached.

Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

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.

That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

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Set Quotations

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya Angelou

A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Zig Ziglar

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Albert Einstein

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
Barack Obama

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
Barack Obama

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
Winston Churchill

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
C. S. Lewis

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napoleon Hill

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.
Kahlil Gibran

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
George Carlin

Set Translations

set in Afrikaans is kliek, toestel
set in Danish is apparat
set in Dutch is hulpmiddelen, inrichting, apparaat
set in Finnish is koje
set in French is appareil, dit
set in German is Zusammenstellung, Satz, einstellen, Satz
set in Italian is assortimento, stabilito, mettere, apparecchio
set in Latin is constituo, impono
set in Portuguese is terno, fato, aparelho, jogo
set in Spanish is trinquete, sentar, grupo, aparato

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