Толковый словарь английского языка - set

I. verb (~; ~ting) Etymology: Middle English ~ten, from Old English ~tan; akin to Old High German sezzen to ~, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century transitive verb to cause to sit ; place in or on a seat, 2. to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them, to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator, to place (oneself) in position to start running in a race, 4. to place with care or deliberate purpose and with relative stability , transplant 1 , c. to make (as a trap) ready to catch prey, to fix (a hook) firmly into the jaw of a fish, to put aside (as dough containing yeast) for fermenting, to direct with fixed attention , 6. to cause to assume a specified condition, relation, or occupation , to cause the start of , 7. to appoint or assign to an office or duty, post, station, to cause to assume a specified posture or position , 9. to fix as a distinguishing imprint, sign, or appearance , affix, apply , to fix or decide on as a time, limit, or regulation ; prescribe , 11. to establish as the highest level or best performance , to furnish as a pattern or model , to allot as a task , 12. to adjust (a device and especially a measuring device) to a desired position , to restore to normal position or connection when dislocated or fractured , to spread to the wind , 13. to put in order for use , to make scenically ready for a performance , c. to arrange (type) for printing , to put into type or its equivalent (as on film) , 14. to put a fine edge on by grinding or honing , to bend slightly the tooth points of (a saw) alternately in opposite directions, to sink (the head of a nail) below the surface, to fix in a desired position (as by heating or stretching), to arrange (hair) in a desired style by using implements (as curlers, rollers, or clips) and gels or lotions, 17. to adorn with something affixed or infixed ; stud, dot , to fix (as a precious stone) in a border of metal ; place in a ~ting, 18. to hold something in regard or esteem at the rate of , to place in a relative rank or category , to fix at a certain amount , value, rate , to place as an estimate of worth , to place in relation for comparison or balance , 20. to direct to action, to incite to attack or antagonism , 21. to place by transporting , to put in motion, to put and fix in a direction , to point out the position of (game) by holding a fixed attitude, to defeat (an opponent or a contract) in bridge, 23. to fix firmly ; make immobile ; give rigid form or condition to , to make unyielding or obstinate, to cause to become firm or solid , to cause (as fruit or seed) to develop, intransitive verb sit, to be becoming ; be suitable ; fit , to cover and warm eggs to hatch them, 4. to affect one with or as if with weight , to place oneself in position in preparation for an action (as running), to undergo development usually as a result of pollination, 6. to pass below the horizon ; go down , to come to an end , to apply oneself to some activity , to have a specified direction in motion ; flow, tend , to indicate the position of game by crouching or pointing, to dance face to face with another in a square dance , 11. to become solid or thickened by chemical or physical alteration , to become permanent, to become whole by growing together, II. noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or action of ~ting, the condition of being ~, a number of things of the same kind that belong or are used together , 3. mental inclination, tendency, or habit ; bent , a state of psychological preparedness to perceive or respond to an anticipated stimulus or situation, direction of flow , form or carriage of the body or of its parts , the manner of fitting or of being placed or suspended , amount of deflection from a straight line , permanent change of form (as of metal) due to repeated or excessive stress, the act or result of arranging hair by curling or waving, 10. (also ~t) a young plant or rooted cutting ready for transplanting, a small bulb, corm, or tuber or a piece of tuber used for propagation , the blossoms of a plant that have ~ fruit as a result of fertilization, the burrow of a badger, the width of the body of a piece of type, an artificial ~ting for a scene of a theatrical or film production, a rectangular paving stone of sandstone or granite, a division of a tennis match won by the side that wins at least six games beating the opponent by two games or by winning a tiebreaker, a collection of books or periodicals forming a unit, a clutch of eggs, the basic formation in a country-dance or square dance, a session of music (as jazz or dance music) usually followed by an intermission, a group of persons associated by common interests, a collection of elements and especially mathematical ones (as numbers or points), an apparatus of electronic components assembled so as to function as a unit , a usually offensive formation in football or basketball, a group of a specific number of repetitions of a particular exercise, III. adjective Etymology: Middle English ~t, from Old English ge~t, past participle of ~tan Date: 14th century intent, determined , intentional, premeditated , fixed by authority or appointment ; prescribed, specified , reluctant to change , 5. immovable, rigid , built-in , ~tled, persistent , being in readiness ; prepared