A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
A punch for setting nails in wood.
The full number of eggs set under a hen.
The initial or basic formation of dancers.
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
A young oyster when first attached.
The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
The scenery for a film or play.
Set theory.
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.
A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
A rudimentary fruit.
An object made up of several parts.
General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
The camber of a curved roofing tile.
A drum kit, a drum set.
A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
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.
A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
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 young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
A group of people, usually meeting socially.
The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
The pattern of a tartan, etc.
A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
Fixed in one’s opinion.
Fixed in a certain style.
Ready, prepared.
Rigid, solidified.
Prearranged.
Fixed in position.
Intent, determined (to do something).
To devise and assign (work) to.
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
To place or fix in a setting.
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
To prepare (a stage or film set).
To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
To defeat a contract.
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
To put (something) down, to rest.
To produce after pollination.
To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
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 give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
To sit (be in a seated position).
To arrange (type).
To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
To introduce or describe.
To solidify.
To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
To fit (someone) up in a situation.
To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
To adjust.
To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
To suit; to become.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
To determine or settle.
To fit music to words.
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
To start (a fire).
To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
A blood clot formed from platelets and other elements that forms in a blood vessel in a living organism, and causes thrombosis or obstruction of the vessel at its point of formation or travel to other areas of the body.