SETTING

To put (something) down, to rest.

Example: "Set the tray there."

To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Example: "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.

Example: "To set a coach in the mud"

To determine or settle.

Example: "To set the rent"

To adjust.

Example: "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.

Example: "Please set the table for our guests."

To introduce or describe.

Example: "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.

Example: "He says he will set his next film in france."

To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

Example: "This crossword was set by araucaria."

To prepare (a stage or film set).

To fit (someone) up in a situation.

To arrange (type).

Example: "It was a complex page, but he set it quickly."

To devise and assign (work) to.

Example: "The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot."

To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

To solidify.

Example: "The glue sets in four minutes."

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

Example: "To set milk for cheese"

Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

Example: "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.

Example: "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).

Example: "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.

Example: "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.

Example: "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.

Example: "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.

Example: "Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller."

To place or fix in a setting.

Example: "To set a precious stone in a border of metal"

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

Example: "To set (that is, to hone) a razor"

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

Example: "To set the sails of a ship"

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

Example: "To set a psalm"

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

Example: "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.

Example: "To set a good example"

To suit; to become.

Example: "It sets him ill."

To divide a class group in a subject according to ability