set | noun (n.) The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination. |
| noun (n.) That which is set, placed, or fixed. |
| noun (n.) A young plant for growth; as, a set of white thorn. |
| noun (n.) That which is staked; a wager; a venture; a stake; hence, a game at venture. |
| noun (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring. |
| noun (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set. |
| noun (n.) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece. |
| noun (n.) A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. |
| noun (n.) A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc. |
| noun (n.) A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique. |
| noun (n.) Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current. |
| noun (n.) In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed. |
| noun (n.) The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade. |
| noun (n.) A young oyster when first attached. |
| noun (n.) Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality. |
| noun (n.) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce. |
| noun (n.) That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width. |
| noun (n.) Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used. Sometimes written sett. |
| noun (n.) A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett. |
| noun (n.) Camber of a curved roofing tile. |
| noun (n.) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat. |
| adjective (a.) Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance. |
| adjective (a.) Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices. |
| adjective (a.) Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle. |
| adjective (a.) Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer. |
| adjective (a.) Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end. |
| verb (v. t.) Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. |
| verb (v. t.) To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be. |
| verb (v. t.) To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud. |
| verb (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance. |
| verb (v. t.) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard. |
| verb (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash. |
| verb (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese. |
| verb (v. t.) To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. |
| verb (v. t.) To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw. |
| verb (v. t.) To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship. |
| verb (v. t.) To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm. |
| verb (v. t.) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone. |
| verb (v. t.) To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock. |
| verb (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure. |
| verb (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk. |
| verb (v. t.) To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing. |
| verb (v. t.) To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse. |
| verb (v. t.) To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there. |
| verb (v. t.) To value; to rate; -- with at. |
| verb (v. t.) To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; -- said of hunting dogs. |
| verb (v. t.) To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned. |
| verb (v. t.) To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. |
| verb (v. t.) To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page. |
| verb (v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. |
| verb (v. i.) To fit music to words. |
| verb (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant. |
| verb (v. i.) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom). |
| verb (v. i.) To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened. |
| verb (v. i.) To congeal; to concrete; to solidify. |
| verb (v. i.) To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward. |
| verb (v. i.) To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; -- now followed by out. |
| verb (v. i.) To indicate the position of game; -- said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter. |
| verb (v. i.) To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; -- now followed by out. |
| verb (v. i.) To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Set |
settle | noun (n.) A seat of any kind. |
| noun (n.) A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. |
| noun (n.) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. |
| noun (n.) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like. |
| noun (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister. |
| noun (n.) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose. |
| noun (n.) To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee. |
| noun (n.) To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads. |
| noun (n.) To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it. |
| noun (n.) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance. |
| noun (n.) To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel. |
| noun (n.) To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account. |
| noun (n.) Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. |
| noun (n.) To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620. |
| verb (v. i.) To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state. |
| verb (v. i.) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain. |
| verb (v. i.) To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder. |
| verb (v. i.) To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law. |
| verb (v. i.) To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring. |
| verb (v. i.) To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing. |
| verb (v. i.) To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir. |
| verb (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc. |
| verb (v. i.) To become calm; to cease from agitation. |
| verb (v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors. |
| verb (v. i.) To make a jointure for a wife. |
settlement | noun (n.) The act of setting, or the state of being settled. |
| noun (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor. |
| noun (n.) The act of peopling, or state of being peopled; act of planting, as a colony; colonization; occupation by settlers; as, the settlement of a new country. |
| noun (n.) The act or process of adjusting or determining; composure of doubts or differences; pacification; liquidation of accounts; arrangement; adjustment; as, settlement of a controversy, of accounts, etc. |
| noun (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner. |
| noun (n.) A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. |
| noun (n.) That which settles, or is settled, established, or fixed. |
| noun (n.) Matter that subsides; settlings; sediment; lees; dregs. |
| noun (n.) A colony newly established; a place or region newly settled; as, settlement in the West. |
| noun (n.) That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary. |
| noun (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material. |
| noun (n.) Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement. |
| noun (n.) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of residence; legal residence or establishment of a person in a particular parish or town, which entitles him to maintenance if a pauper, and subjects the parish or town to his support. |