n. Function: verb
1 to position (something) in a specified place FF1C; set the lamp on the table FF1E;
Synonyms: establish, fix, lay, place, put, settle, stick
Related Words: bestow, deposit, park; emplace, ensconce, install; affix, anchor, wedge
Contrasted Words: displace, replace, supplant; remove, take (away); uproot
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Synonyms: DIRECT 2, aim, cast, head, lay, level, point, train, turn, zero (in)
Idioms: set one's sights on
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Synonyms: STATION , post
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Synonyms: DICTATE , decree, impose, lay down, ordain, prescribe
Related Words: designate, direct, instruct, specify, stipulate; establish; make, name
5 to put in order for a meal FF1C; she quickly set the table for dinner FF1E;
Synonyms: lay, spread
Related Words: fix, prepare, ready; arrange
Antonyms: clear
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Synonyms: GAMBLE 1, bet, game, lay, play, put (on), stake, wager
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Synonyms: INCITE , abet, foment, instigate, provoke, raise, set on, stir (up), whip (up)
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Synonyms: SIT 1
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Synonyms: BELONG 1, fit, go
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Synonyms: COAGULATE , clot, congeal, gel, gelate, gelatinize, jell, jellify, jelly
11 of a fowl to incubate eggs by crouching upon them FF1C; a chicken house filled with hens setting on eggs FF1E;
Synonyms: brood, ||clock, cover, sit
Related Words: hatch, incubate; hover
12 of a celestial body to pass below the horizon FF1C; the sun set at seven o'clock FF1E;
Synonyms: decline, dip, go down, sink
Related Words: descend, drop
Contrasted Words: ascend, climb, come up
Antonyms: rise
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Synonyms: HARDEN 1, cake, concrete, congeal, dry, indurate, solidify
Related Words: crystallize, granulate; fix