Meaning of set | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An ancient Egyptian god, variously described as the god of chaos, the god of thunder and storms, or the god of destruction.
   Egyptian
2. A punch for setting nails in wood.
3. Gene for a human protein involved in apoptosis, transcription and nucleosome assembly.
   uncountable
4. Initialism of Strategic Energy Technologies Plan of the European Union.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
5. series (a number of things that follow one another)
6. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
7. series (a television or radio program with several episodes)
8. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
9. To begin or start: set about solving the problem.
10. Initialism of Simulated Emergency Test, an amateur radio training exercise.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
11. Initialism of Stock Exchange of Thailand, the national stock exchange of Thailand.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
12. A rudimentary fruit.
13. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
14. series
15. To attack or assail: The dogs set at the fox.
16. General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
    figuratively, literally
17. To reserve for future use: It is wise to set food and money by in case of a future emergency.
18. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
19. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
20. To begin a journey.
21. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
22. To attack violently: Guards set dogs upon the escaping prisoners.
23. A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
24. An object made up of several parts.
25. Strongly opposed to: We are dead set against the idea.
26. The amount by which the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
27. A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
28. To cause to ignite and burn.
29. A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
30. Set theory.
    informal, plural
31. To enter.
32. A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
33. A group of people, usually meeting socially or connected through some shared interest, activity, attribute, etc.
34. To step on.
35. A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
36. The scenery for a film or play.
37. To give impetus to: The indictment set the judicial process in motion.
38. The width of the body of a type.
    dated
39. the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
40. A young oyster when first attached.
41. The initial or basic formation of dancers.
42. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
43. A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
44. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
45. A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
46. The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
    colloquial
47. A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
48. The pattern of a tartan, etc.
49. The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
50. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
51. A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
52. The full number of eggs set under a hen.
53. A drum kit, a drum set.
54. That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
    obsolete, rare
55. A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
    UK
56. A tool for dressing forged iron.
57. Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“nail set”

“television set”

“the set of a spring”

“The wings were bent or set permanently 2 to 3 inches upward at the wingtips; however, the set was within the manufacturer's allowable tolerances.”

“the set of a coat”

“So much of our culture, hidden by necessity for so long, involves subtle codes and signals: the set of her shoulders, the sway of his hips.”

“We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.”

“That was but civil war, an equal set.”

“Thenceforth the Dowager, with a light and careless humour, often recounted to her particular acquaintance how, after a hard trial, she had found it impossible to know those people who belonged to Henry’s wife, and who had made that desperate set to catch him.”

“The weary sun hath made a golden set.”

“And a rose-bush leans upon, / Thou that faintly smilest still, / As a Naiad in a well, / Looking at the set of day, […]”

“Here and there, amongst individuals alive to the particular evils of the age, and watching the very set of the current, there may have been even a more systematic counteraction applied to the mischief.”

“He put his eye to the alidade. “I thought so! Zero five four and that's allowing nothing for set and drift along the line of bearing. We're inside the departure point now[…]””

“a set of tables”

“a set of tools”

“a set of steps”

“the country set”

“That he took perfumed baths is a truth; and he used to say that he took them after meeting certain men of a very low set in hall.”

““Good gracious, child, you didn't join the Theosophists and kiss Buddha's big toe, did you ? I tried to get into their set once, but they cast me out for a sceptic — without a chance of improving my poor little mind, too.””

“They were very private people, though they did have their circle of friends at Bilignin. They had little or no association with the Natalie Barney set, in their eyes much too frivolous.”

“Meronym: reps”

“This is the fourth set of benchpresses.”

“The old practitioners we sometimes still see, though in far fewer numbers: still working out too hard, a lost expression on their faces as they rest between sets, as if unable to snap out of the broken promise.”

“You heard “oh, Jeremy Corbyn” everywhere: at the silent disco, during Radiohead’s Friday night headlining set, midway through the Other stage appearance by rapper Stormzy, who gamely joined in.”

“He plays the set on Saturdays.”

“Looking at pupil attainment, the study found that students with the same Key Stage 3 scores could have their GCSE grade raised or lowered by up to half a grade as a result of being placed in a higher or lower set.”

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