set | (adjective) set down according to a plan | Synonyms: laid |
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(adjective) being below the horizon | - |
(adjective) converted to solid form (as concrete) | Synonyms: hardened |
(adjective) fixed and unmoving | Synonyms: fixed, rigid |
(adjective) (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed | Synonyms: fit, primed |
(adjective) situated in a particular spot or position | Synonyms: located, placed, situated |
(adjective) determined or decided upon as by an authority | Synonyms: determined, dictated |
(noun) several exercises intended to be done in series | Synonyms: exercise set |
(noun) the act of putting something in position | - |
(noun) representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production | Synonyms: stage set |
(noun) any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals | - |
(noun) (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way | Synonyms: readiness |
(noun) a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way | Synonyms: bent |
(noun) the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon | - |
(noun) a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used | - |
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups | Synonyms: band, circle, lot |
(noun) (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols | - |
(noun) the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | Synonyms: curing, hardening, solidification, solidifying |
(noun) a unit of play in tennis or squash | - |
(verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress |
(verb) produce fruit | Synonyms: fructify |
(verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard | Synonyms: adjust, correct |
(verb) put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state | - |
(verb) set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly | - |
(verb) equip with sails or masts | Synonyms: rig, set up |
(verb) become gelatinous | Synonyms: congeal, jell |
(verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set up |
(verb) get ready for a particular purpose or event | Synonyms: lay out, set up |
(verb) fix conclusively or authoritatively | Synonyms: determine |
(verb) estimate | Synonyms: place, put |
(verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, determine, fix, limit, specify |
(verb) establish as the highest level or best performance | Synonyms: mark |
(verb) urge to attack someone | Synonyms: sic |
(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location | Synonyms: lay, place, pose, position, put |
(verb) fix in a border | - |
(verb) give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor | - |
(verb) insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) | Synonyms: countersink |
(verb) put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground | Synonyms: plant |
(verb) put into a position that will restore a normal state | - |
(verb) adapt for performance in a different way | Synonyms: arrange |
(verb) locate | Synonyms: localise, localize, place |
(verb) set in type | Synonyms: typeset |
(verb) apply or start | - |
(verb) disappear beyond the horizon | Synonyms: go down, go under |
seta | (noun) a stiff hair or bristle | - |
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(noun) stalk of a moss capsule | - |
setaceous | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, spiny, thorny |
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setback | (noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating | Synonyms: black eye, blow, reversal, reverse |
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setline | (noun) a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) | Synonyms: spiller, trawl, trawl line, trotline |
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setoff | (noun) structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly | Synonyms: offset, set-back |
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setose | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, spiny, thorny |
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setscrew | (noun) a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted | - |
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(noun) a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring | - |
sett | (noun) rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads | Synonyms: cobble, cobblestone |
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settee | (noun) a small sofa | - |
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(noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settle |
setter | (noun) a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point | - |
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(noun) one who sets written material into type | Synonyms: compositor, typesetter, typographer |
setterwort | (noun) digitate-leaved hellebore with an offensive odor and irritant qualities when taken internally | Synonyms: bear's foot, Helleborus foetidus, stinking hellebore |
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setting | (noun) a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place | Synonyms: mount |
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(noun) arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted | Synonyms: mise en scene, stage setting |
(noun) a table service for one person | Synonyms: place setting |
(noun) the context and environment in which something is set | Synonyms: scene |
(noun) the physical position of something | - |
(noun) the state of the environment in which a situation exists | Synonyms: background, scope |
(noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event | Synonyms: circumstance, context |
settle | (noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settee |
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(verb) take up residence and become established | Synonyms: locate |
(verb) form a community | - |
(verb) become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style | Synonyms: root, settle down, steady down, take root |
(verb) establish or develop as a residence | - |
(verb) make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | Synonyms: finalise, finalize, nail down |
(verb) become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet | - |
(verb) come as if by falling | Synonyms: descend, fall |
(verb) bring to an end; settle conclusively | Synonyms: adjudicate, decide, resolve |
(verb) settle conclusively; come to terms | Synonyms: determine, square off, square up |
(verb) end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement | - |
(verb) come to terms | Synonyms: conciliate, make up, patch up, reconcile |
(verb) accept despite lack of complete satisfaction | - |
(verb) get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury | Synonyms: get back |
(verb) fix firmly | Synonyms: ensconce |
(verb) arrange or fix in the desired order | - |
(verb) come to rest | - |
(verb) settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground | Synonyms: settle down |
(verb) cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids) | - |
(verb) sink down or precipitate | Synonyms: subside |
(verb) go under | Synonyms: go down, go under, sink |
(verb) become clear by the sinking of particles | - |
(verb) dispose of; make a financial settlement | - |
settled | (adjective) established in a desired position or place; not moving about | - |
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(adjective) established or decided beyond dispute or doubt | - |
(adjective) not changeable | - |
(adjective) inhabited by colonists | Synonyms: colonised, colonized |
settledness | (noun) The quality or state of being fixed, permanent or stationary; established. | - |
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settlement | (noun) termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities | Synonyms: liquidation |
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(noun) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | Synonyms: colonisation, colonization |
(noun) something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | Synonyms: closure, resolution |
(noun) a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it | - |
(noun) a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government | Synonyms: colony |
(noun) a community of people smaller than a town | Synonyms: small town, village |
(noun) an area where a group of families live together | - |
settler | (noun) a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country | Synonyms: colonist |
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(noun) a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings | - |
(noun) a negotiator who settles disputes | - |
settling | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: subsidence, subsiding |
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settlings | (noun) sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | Synonyms: dregs |
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settlor | (noun) (law) a person who creates a trust by giving real or personal property in trust to a trustee for the benefit of a beneficiary; a person who gives such property is said to settle it on the trustee | Synonyms: trustor |
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setup | (noun) an act that incriminates someone on a false charge | Synonyms: frame-up |
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(noun) equipment designed to serve a specific function | Synonyms: apparatus |
(noun) the way something is organized or arranged | - |