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Common
verb
•
To
put
(something) down, to
rest
.
•
To
attach
or
affix
(something) to
something else
, or in or upon a certain
place
.
•
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
determine
or
settle
.
•
To
adjust
.
•
To
punch
(a
nail
) into
wood
so that
its
head
is
below the surface
.
•
To
arrange
with
dishes
and
cutlery
, to
set the table
.
•
To
introduce
or
describe
.
•
To
locate
(a
play
, etc.); to
assign
a
backdrop
to,
geographically
or
temporally
.
•
To
compile
, to make (a
puzzle
or
challenge
).
•
To
prepare
(a
stage
or
film set
).
•
To
fit
(someone) up in a
situation
.
•
To
arrange
(type).
•
To
devise
and
assign
(work) to.
•
In Volleyball:
To
direct
(the
ball
) to a
teammate
for an
attack
.
•
To
solidify
.
•
To
render
stiff
or
solid
;
especially
, to
convert
into
curd
; to
curdle
.
•
Of a
heavenly body
, to
disappear
below the
horizon
of a
planet
, etc, as the latter
rotates
.
•
In Bridge:
To
defeat
a
contract
.
•
To
begin
to
move
; to
go forth
.
•
In Botany:
To
produce
after
pollination
.
•
To be
fixed
for
growth
; to
strike
root
; to
begin
to
germinate
or form.
•
In Midwest US English & Southern US English:
To
sit
(be in a
seated
position
).
•
To
hunt
game
with the
aid
of a
setter
.
•
In Hunting:
Of a
dog
, to
indicate
the
position
of
game
.
•
To
apply oneself
; to
undertake
earnestly
.
•
To
fit
music
to
words
.
•
To
place
plants
or
shoots
in the ground
; to
plant
.
•
To become
fixed
or
rigid
; to be
fastened
.
•
To have a certain
direction
of
motion
; to
flow
; to
move on
; to
tend
.
•
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
.
•
To
place
or
fix
in a
setting
.
•
To
put in
order in
a
particular
manner
; to
prepare
.
•
To
extend
and
bring
into
position
; to
spread
.
•
To
give
a
pitch
to, as a
tune
; to
start
by
fixing
the
keynote
.
•
To
reduce
from a
dislocated
or
fractured
state
.
•
In Masonry:
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
.
•
In Scottish English:
To
suit
; to become.
•
In British English & Education:
To
divide
a
class
group in a
subject
according to
ability
noun
•
A
young
plant
fit
for
setting out
; a
slip
;
shoot
.
•
A
rudimentary
fruit
.
•
The
setting
of the
sun
or other
luminary
; (
by extension
) the
close
of
the day
.
•
General
movement
;
direction
;
drift
;
tendency
.
•
A
matching
collection
of
similar
things
. (Note the
similar
meaning
in
Etymology
1,
Noun
.)
•
A
collection
of various
objects
for a
particular
purpose
.
•
An
object
made up
of several
parts
.
•
In Set theory:
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.
•
In Mathematics:
Set theory
.
•
A group of people,
usually
meeting
socially
.
•
The
scenery
for a
film
or
play
.
•
In Dance:
The
initial
or
basic
formation
of
dancers
.
•
In Exercise:
A group of
repetitions
of a
single
exercise
performed
one after the other
without
rest
.
•
In Tennis:
A
complete
series
of
games
,
forming
part of a
match
.
•
In Volleyball:
A
complete
series
of
points
,
forming
part of a
match
.
•
In Volleyball:
The
act
of
directing
the
ball
to a
teammate
for an
attack
.
•
In Music:
A
musical
performance by
a band
,
disc jockey
, etc;
consisting of
several
musical
pieces
.
•
In Music:
A
drum kit
, a
drum set
.
•
In British English & Education:
A
class
group in a
subject
where
pupils
are
divided
by
ability
.
•
In Poker:
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
”).
•
A
punch
for
setting
nails
in
wood
.
•
A
device
for
receiving
broadcast
radio waves
(or, more
recently
,
broadcast
data); a
radio
or
television
.
•
Alternative
form of
sett
: a
hole
made and
lived in
by a
badger
.
•
Alternative
form of
sett
:
pattern
of
threads
and
yarns
.
•
Alternative
form of
sett
:
piece
of
quarried
stone
.
•
In Horticulture:
A
small
tuber
or
bulb
used
instead of
seed
,
particularly
onion
sets
and
potato
sets
.
•
The
amount
the
teeth
of a saw
protrude
to the
side
in order to
create
the
kerf
.
•
That which is
staked
; a
wager
; hence, a
gambling
game
.
•
In Engineering:
Permanent
change of
shape
caused
by
excessive
strain
, as from
compression
,
tension
,
bending
,
twisting
, etc.
•
A
bias
of
mind
; an
attitude
or
pattern
of
behaviour
.
•
A
piece
placed
temporarily
upon the
head
of a
pile
when the latter cannot otherwise be
reached
by the
weight
, or
hammer
.
•
In Printing:
The
width
of the
body
of a
type
.
•
A
young
oyster
when first
attached
.
•
Collectively
, the
crop
of
young
oysters
in any
locality
.
•
A
series
or group of something. (Note the
similar
meaning
in
Etymology
4,
Noun
)
•
The
manner
,
state
, or quality of
setting
or
fitting
;
fit
.
•
The
pattern
of a
tartan
, etc.
•
The
camber
of a
curved
roofing
tile
.
•
The
full
number of
eggs
set under a
hen
.
•
Gene
for a human
protein
involved
in
apoptosis
,
transcription
and
nucleosome
assembly
.
•
Initialism
of
Simulated
Emergency
Test
; an
amateur radio
training exercise
.
adj
•
Fixed
in
position
.
•
Rigid
,
solidified
.
•
Ready
,
prepared
.
•
Intent
,
determined
(to do something).
•
Prearranged
.
•
Fixed
in one’s
opinion
.
•
Fixed
in a certain
style
.
name
•
Initialism
of
Strategic
Energy
Technologies
.
Plan
of the
European Union
.
•
Initialism
of
Stock Exchange
of
Thailand
; the
national
stock exchange
of
Thailand
.
•
An
ancient Egyptian
god
,
variously
described
as the
god
of
chaos
, the
god
of
thunder
and
storms
, or the
god
of
destruction
.
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