To put (something) down, to rest.
Set the tray there.
To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
I have set my heart on running the marathon.
To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
To start (a fire).
To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
to set a coach in the mud
To determine or settle.
to set the rent
To adjust.
I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
Please set the table for our guests.
To introduce or describe.
I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
He says he will set his next film in France.
To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
This crossword was set by Araucaria.
To prepare (a stage or film set).
To fit (someone) up in a situation.
To arrange (type).
It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
To devise and assign (work) to.
The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
To solidify.
The glue sets in four minutes.
To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
to set milk for cheese
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.
To defeat a contract.
(now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
To produce after pollination.
to set seed
(of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
(Midwestern US) To sit (be in a seated position).
He sets in that chair all day.
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
The dog sets the bird.
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
To fit music to words.
To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
to set pear trees in an orchard
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
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.
(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.
To place or fix in a setting.
to set a precious stone in a border of metal
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
to set (that is, to hone) a razor
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
to set the sails of a ship
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
to set a psalm
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
to set a broken bone
To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
To wager in gambling; to risk.
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
To value; to rate; used with at.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
to set a good example
To suit; to become.
It sets him ill.
To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
The act of setting.
the setting of the sun
A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.
the volume setting on a television
The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
Hunting with a setter.
Something set in, or inserted.
A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
Bach's setting of the Magnificat
The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
The direction of a current of wind.
That disappears below the horizon
the setting sun