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How to sign: put into a certain place or abstract location
"Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point";
See also: set back, array, lay out, postpone, prorogue, table, shelve, set back, defer, put off, put back, knock back, postpone, prorogue, table, shelve, array, defer, put off, imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, assemble, put together, tack together, put up, communicate, put across, arrange, unload, knock back, rig, ensnare, entrap, disembark, debark, assemble, put together, tack together, lay out, erect, set up, land, lag, remit, set out, lay, put back, put over, set out, put back, put down, piece, piece, put over, remit, set up, remand, set back, put away, put up, frame, put down, set up, tack, set back, tack, bring down, apply, replace, repose, range, put down, set up, hold over, range, set down, rear, hold over, set down, set up, pass on, put on, discharge, drop, raise, post, set up, pass
Similiar / Same: put, place, lay, position, pose
Within this category: appose, arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, docket, emplace, emplace, ensconce, glycerolize, ground, imbricate, insert, install, intersperse, jar, juxtapose, ladle, lay, lean, load, marshal, middle, misplace, misplace, nestle, parallelize, park, perch, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, plant, plant, poise, position, postpose, prepose, rack up, recess, recline, replace, repose, reposition, rest, seat, set, settle, set down, set down, shelve, ship, sign, siphon, situate, sow, space, stand, step, stick, stratify, superimpose, superpose, tee, throw, throw, trench, underlay, upend
How to sign: an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot";
Similiar / Same: band, circle, lot
Categories: social group
Within this category: car pool, clique, cohort, conspiracy, Four Hundred, horsy set, jet set, party
How to sign: fixed and unmoving
"with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain";
How to sign: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
"Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels";
Similiar / Same: adjust, correct
Categories: alter, change, modify
Within this category: align, attune, calibrate, citify, depressurize, focus, harmonize, justify, linearize, match, modulate, plumb, pressurize, proportion, readjust, regulate, set, synchronize, temper, time, time, trim, tune, tune, zero, zero
How to sign: in volleyball, to make an overhand contact of the ball, usually the second contact in a rally, to redirect the ball to a hitter
"young volleyball players must learn to pass, set, and spike";
How to sign: (usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed
"in no fit state to continue"; "fit to drop"; "laughing fit to burst"; "she was fit to scream"; "primed for a fight"; "we are set to go at any time";
Similiar / Same: ready, primed, fit
How to sign: fix conclusively or authoritatively
"set the rules";
Similiar / Same: determine
Within this category: charge, date, filiate, format, identify, initialize, price, tax, value
How to sign: (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
"the set of prime numbers is infinite";
Categories: abstraction
Within this category: diagonal, domain, field, group, intersection, interval, locus, Mandelbrot set, mathematical space, null set, solution, subset
How to sign: equip with sails, masts, etc.
"rig a ship";
Categories: equip, fit, fit out, outfit
How to sign: to arrange wet hair to achieve a specific style when it dries
"When setting hair, the size of the rollers determines the size of the resting curls";
How to sign: a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
"a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth";
Categories: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
Within this category: bracket, chess set, choir, conjugation, core, dentition, field, field, field, intersection, manicure set, octet, pair, quartet, quintet, score, septet, sextet, singleton, suite, synset, threescore, trio, union
How to sign: set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"
"stones laid in a pattern";
Similiar / Same: laid
How to sign: representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
"the sets were meticulously authentic";
Similiar / Same: stage set
Categories: representation
Within this category: scenery
How to sign: a unit of play in tennis or squash
"they played two sets of tennis after dinner";
Categories: period of play, play, playing period
How to sign: set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
"set clocks or instruments";
Categories: adjust, correct, set
Within this category: advance, reset
How to sign: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
"the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue";
Similiar / Same: solidifying, solidification, curing, hardening
Categories: action, activity, natural action, natural process
Within this category: congealment
How to sign: disappear beyond the horizon
"the sun sets early these days";
Similiar / Same: go under, go down
Categories: come down, descend, fall, go down
How to sign: put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground
"Let's plant flowers in the garden";
Similiar / Same: plant
Categories: lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Within this category: afforest, bed, checkrow, dibble, puddle, replant, root
How to sign: become gelatinous
"the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme";
Similiar / Same: jell, congeal
Categories: solidify
How to sign: put into a position that will restore a normal state
"set a broken bone";
