Drift vs. Set — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Drift and Set
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Definitions
Drift➦
Be carried slowly by a current of air or water
The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream
Excited voices drifted down the hall
Set➦
Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position
Catherine set a chair by the bed
Delaney set the mug of tea down
Drift➦
(especially of snow or leaves) be blown into heaps by the wind
Fallen leaves start to drift in the gutters
Set➦
Put or bring into a specified state
The hostages were set free
The Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law
Drift➦
A continuous slow movement from one place to another
There was a drift to the towns
Set➦
Adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time
Set your watch immediately to local time at your destination
To revert to an old style would be to try to set back the clock and deny the progress which had been made
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Drift➦
The general intention or meaning of an argument or someone's remarks
Maybe I'm too close to the forest to see the trees, if you catch my drift
He didn't understand much Greek, but he got her drift
Set➦
Harden into a solid or semi-solid state
Cook for a further thirty-five minutes until the filling has set
Drift➦
A large mass of snow, leaves, or other material piled up or carried along by the wind
Four sheep were dug out of the drift
Set➦
(of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates
The sun was setting and a warm red glow filled the sky
Drift➦
A horizontal or inclined passage following a mineral vein or coal seam
The drift led to another smaller ore chamber
Set➦
(of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course
A fair tide can be carried well past Land's End before the stream sets to the north
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Drift➦
An act of driving cattle or sheep.
Set➦
Start (a fire)
The school had been broken into and the fire had been set
Drift➦
A ford.
Set➦
(of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit)
Wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers
Drift➦
To be carried along by currents of air or water
A balloon drifting eastward.
As the wreckage drifted toward shore.
Set➦
Sit
The rest of them people just set there goggle-eyed for a minute
Drift➦
To proceed or move unhurriedly or aimlessly
Drifting among the party guests.
A day laborer, drifting from town to town.
Set➦
Group (pupils or students) in sets according to ability.
Drift➦
To live or behave without a clear purpose or goal
Drifted through his college years unable to decide on a career.
Set➦
A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together
A spare set of clothes
A set of false teeth
A new cell with two sets of chromosomes
Drift➦
To have no continuing focus; stray
My attention drifted during the boring presentation.
Set➦
The way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned
The shape and set of the eyes
Drift➦
To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation.
Set➦
A radio or television receiver
A TV set
Drift➦
To be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of a current
Snow drifting to five feet.
Set➦
A collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film.
Drift➦
To cause to be carried in a current
Drifting the logs downstream.
Set➦
An arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style
A shampoo and set
Drift➦
To pile up in banks or heaps
Wind drifted the loose straw against the barn.
Set➦
A cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants.
Drift➦
Western US To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing.
Set➦
The last coat of plaster on a wall.
Drift➦
Something moving along in a current of air or water
A drift of logs in the river.
Set➦
The amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters.
Drift➦
A bank or pile, as of sand or snow, heaped up by currents of air or water.
Set➦
Variant spelling of sett
Drift➦
(Geology) Rock debris transported and deposited by or from ice, especially by or from a glacier.
Set➦
Another term for plant (sense 4 of the noun)
Drift➦
A general trend or tendency, as of opinion.
Set➦
Fixed or arranged in advance
Try to feed the puppy at set times each day
Drift➦
General meaning or purport; tenor
Caught the drift of the conversation.
Set➦
Ready, prepared, or likely to do something
Water costs look set to increase
The first family was set for a quiet night of rest
Both are all set to get married
Drift➦
A gradual change in position
An iceberg's eastward drift.
Set➦
To put in a specified position or arrangement; place
Set a book on a table.
Set the photo next to the flowers.
Drift➦
A gradual deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention.
Set➦
To put into a specified state
Set the prisoner at liberty.
Set the house ablaze.
Set the machine in motion.
Drift➦
Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.
Set➦
To cause to begin an action
The noise set the dog to barking.
Drift➦
A gradual change in the output of a circuit or amplifier.
Set➦
To cause or assign (someone) to undertake an action or perform a service
The sergeant set the recruit to sweeping the barracks.
Drift➦
The rate of flow of a water current.
Set➦
To incite to hostile feeling or action
A dispute that set the neighbors against each other.
Drift➦
A tool for ramming or driving something down.
Set➦
To position (oneself) so as to be ready to do something, such as start running a race.
Drift➦
A tapered steel pin for enlarging and aligning holes.
Set➦
To position or secure so as to be fixed or immobile
Set the fence post in cement.
Drift➦
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passageway in a mine running through or parallel to a vein.
Set➦
To put in a mounting; mount
Set an emerald in a pendant.
Drift➦
A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.
Set➦
To apply jewels to; stud
The tiara was set with diamonds.
Drift➦
A drove or herd, especially of swine.
Set➦
To cause (a hook) to become fixed in a fish's mouth.
Drift➦
(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
Set➦
To arrange for the consumption of a meal
Set the table.
Set a place at table.
Drift➦
Anything driven at random.
Set➦
To adjust (an instrument or device) to a specific point or calibration
Set the alarm for 7:00.
Drift➦
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
A drift of snow, of ice, of sand, of plants, etc.
Set➦
To prepare (a trap) for catching prey.
Drift➦
The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Set➦
To adjust (a saw) by deflecting the teeth.
Drift➦
A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
Set➦
(Nautical)To spread open to the wind
Set the sails.
Drift➦
A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
Set➦
To arrange scenery on (a theater stage).
Drift➦
Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
Set➦
To restore to a proper and normal state when dislocated or broken
Set a broken arm.
Drift➦
(obsolete) A driving; a violent movement.
Set➦
To apply equipment, such as curlers and clips, to (hair) in order to style.
Drift➦
Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Set➦
To concentrate or direct (one's mind or attention, for example) on a purpose or goal.
Drift➦
That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
Set➦
To direct or focus (one's desires or hopes, for example) on a certain thing.
Drift➦
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Set➦
(Sports)To pass (a volleyball), usually with the fingertips, in an arc close to the net so that a teammate can drive it over the net.
Drift➦
A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
Set➦
To arrange (type) into words and sentences preparatory to printing; compose.
Drift➦
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
Set➦
To transpose (text, for example) into type.
Drift➦
(architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
Set➦
To compose (music) to fit a given text.
Drift➦
(handiwork) A tool.
Set➦
To write (words) to fit a given melodic line.
Drift➦
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
Set➦
To declare or demonstrate (a precedent or standard, for instance).
Drift➦
A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
Set➦
To provide or establish as a model
A parent must set a good example for the children.
Drift➦
A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
Set➦
To establish as the highest level of performance
Set a swimming record.
Drift➦
A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
Set➦
To arrange or establish (a computer password, for example) to allow future action.
Drift➦
(uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
Set➦
To prescribe as a time for
Set the meeting for Friday afternoon.
Drift➦
The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
Set➦
To prescribe the unfolding of (a drama or narrative, for instance) in a specific place
A play that is set in Venice.
Drift➦
(mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Set➦
To value or regard something at the rate of
She sets a great deal by good nutrition.
Drift➦
(nautical) Movement.
Set➦
To fix at a given amount
The judge set bail for the defendant at $50,000.
Drift➦
The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
Set➦
To make as an estimate of worth
We set a high value on human life.
Drift➦
The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
Set➦
To cause to sit
Set yourself over by the fire.
Drift➦
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
Set➦
To put (a hen) on eggs for the purpose of hatching them.
Drift➦
The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Set➦
To point to the location of (game) by holding a fixed body position. Used of a hunting dog.
Drift➦
The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
Set➦
(Botany)To produce, as after pollination
Set seed.
Drift➦
(cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
Set➦
To disappear below the horizon
The sun set at seven that evening.
Drift➦
Slow, cumulative change.
Genetic drift
Set➦
To diminish or decline; wane
When the glory of the empire set.
Drift➦
In New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to be sold.
Set➦
To sit on eggs. Used of fowl.
Drift➦
(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
The boat drifted away from the shore.
The balloon was drifting in the breeze.
Set➦
To become fixed; harden
Allowed the aspic to set.
Drift➦
(intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
He drifted from town to town, never settling down.
Set➦
To become permanent. Used of dye.
Drift➦
(intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
This car tends to drift left at high speeds.
Set➦
To become whole; knit. Used of a broken bone.
Drift➦
(transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
Set➦
To point to the location of game by holding a fixed body position. Used of a hunting dog.
Drift➦
(transitive) To drive into heaps.
A current of wind drifts snow or sand
Set➦
(Botany)To mature or develop, as after pollination.
Drift➦
(intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
Snow or sand drifts.
Set➦
(Nonstandard)To sit
"If Emmett drives, I could set up front" (Bobbie Ann Mason).
Drift➦
To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
Set➦
To position oneself preparatory to an action, such as running a race.
Drift➦
To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
Set➦
Fixed or established by agreement
A set time for the launching.
Drift➦
(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
Set➦
Established by convention
Followed set procedures for filing a grievance.
Drift➦
A driving; a violent movement.
The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings.
Set➦
Established deliberately; intentional
Our set purpose is to win the conflict.
Drift➦
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose.
Set➦
Fixed and rigid
"His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
Drift➦
Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Set➦
Unwilling or very reluctant to change
He is set in his ways.
Drift➦
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment on his country in general.
Now thou knowest my drift.
Set➦
Intent and determined
"He is dead set against rushing abroad to build a plant" (Fortune).
Drift➦
That which is driven, forced, or urged along
Drifts of rising dust involve the sky.
We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice].
Set➦
Ready; prepared
We are set to leave early tomorrow morning.
Drift➦
A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drift doing much damage to the high ways).
Set➦
The act or process of setting.
Drift➦
The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
Set➦
The condition resulting from setting.
Drift➦
A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice.
Set➦
The manner in which something is positioned
The set of her cap.
Drift➦
In South Africa, a ford in a river.
Set➦
A permanent firming or hardening of a substance, as by cooling.
Drift➦
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
Set➦
The deflection of the teeth of a saw.
Drift➦
A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
Set➦
The carriage or bearing of a part of the body.
Drift➦
A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Set➦
A particular psychological state, usually that of anticipation or preparedness
"The mental set of an audience is crucial to his performance" (Psychology Today).
Drift➦
The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Set➦
A descent below the horizon.
Drift➦
The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
Set➦
The direction or course of wind or water.
Drift➦
One of the slower movements of oceanic circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind; as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.
Set➦
A seedling, slip, or cutting that is ready for planting.
Drift➦
The horizontal component of the pressure of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical component, which sustains the machine in the air.
Set➦
The act of arranging hair by waving and curling it.
Drift➦
To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
We drifted o'er the harbor bar.
Set➦
(Sports)The act of setting a volleyball for a teammate.
Drift➦
To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
Set➦
In Texas hold'em, a hand in which a player has two cards of the same rank and another card of that rank is among the community cards.
Drift➦
To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
Set➦
A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
A chess set.
Drift➦
To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
Set➦
A group of persons sharing a common interest
The high-school set.
Drift➦
To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.
Set➦
A group of books or periodicals published as a unit.
Drift➦
To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
Set➦
A number of couples required for participation in a square dance.
Drift➦
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.
Set➦
The movements constituting a square dance.
Drift➦
A force that moves something along
Set➦
The scenery constructed for a theatrical performance.
Drift➦
The gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
Set➦
The entire enclosure in which a movie is filmed; the sound stage.
Drift➦
A process of linguistic change over a period of time
Set➦
A session of music, typically dance music, played before an intermission.
Drift➦
Something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
Set➦
The music so played.
Drift➦
A general tendency to change (as of opinion);
Not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
A broad movement of the electorate to the right
Set➦
The collective receiving apparatus assembled to operate a radio or television.
Drift➦
General meaning or tenor;
Caught the drift of the conversation
Set➦
(Mathematics) A collection of distinct elements having specific common properties
A set of positive integers.
Drift➦
A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
They dug a drift parallel with the vein
Set➦
A group of games constituting one division or unit of a match, as in tennis.
Drift➦
Be in motion due to some air or water current;
The leaves were blowing in the wind
The boat drifted on the lake
The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
Set➦
An offensive formation in football or basketball.
Drift➦
Wander from a direct course or at random;
The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her
Don't drift from the set course
Set➦
Variant of Seth2.
Drift➦
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
The gypsies roamed the woods
Roving vagabonds
The wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
The laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town
Set➦
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
Pick up
Set the tray there.
Drift➦
Vary or move from a fixed point or course;
Stock prices are drifting higher
Set➦
(transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
I have set my heart on running the marathon.
Drift➦
Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely;
My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school
Set➦
(transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
Drift➦
Move in an unhurried fashion;
The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests
Set➦
(transitive) To start (a fire).
Drift➦
Cause to be carried by a current;
Drift the boats downstream
Set➦
To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
To set a coach in the mud
Drift➦
Drive slowly and far afield for grazing;
Drift the cattle herds westwards
Set➦
(transitive) To determine or settle.
To set the rent
Drift➦
Be subject to fluctuation;
The stock market drifted upward
Set➦
(transitive) To adjust.
Drift➦
Be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current;
Snow drifting several feet high
Sand drifting like snow
Set➦
(transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
Set➦
(transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
Please set the table for our guests.
Set➦
(transitive) To introduce or describe.
I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
Set➦
(transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
He says he will set his next film in France.
Her debut novel is set during the U.S. Civil War.
Set➦
(transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
This crossword was set by Araucaria.
Set➦
(transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
Set➦
(transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
Set➦
(transitive) To arrange (type).
It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
Set➦
(transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
Set➦
To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
Set➦
(intransitive) To solidify.
The glue sets in five minutes.
Set➦
(transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
To set milk for cheese
Set➦
(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.
Set➦
To defeat a contract.
Set➦
To begin to move; to go forth.
Set➦
To produce after pollination.
To set seed
Set➦
To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
Set➦
To sit be in a seated position.
He sets in that chair all day.
Set➦
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
Set➦
Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
The dog sets the bird.
Your dog sets well.
Set➦
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
Set➦
(ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
Set➦
(ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
To set pear trees in an orchard
Set➦
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
Set➦
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
Set➦
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.
Set to partners! was the next instruction from the caller.
Set➦
To place or fix in a setting.
To set a precious stone in a border of metal
To set glass in a sash
Set➦
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
To set (that is, to hone) a razor
To set a saw
Set➦
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
To set the sails of a ship
Set➦
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
Set➦
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
To set a broken bone
Set➦
(masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
Set➦
(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
Set➦
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
Set➦
(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
Set➦
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
To set a good example
Set➦
(Scotland) To suit; to become.
It sets him ill.
Set➦
To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
Set➦
A punch for setting nails in wood.
Nail set
Set➦
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
Television set
Set➦
: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
Set➦
: pattern of threads and yarns.
Set➦
: piece of quarried stone.
Set➦
(horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
Set➦
The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
Set➦
(engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
The set of a spring
Set➦
A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
Set➦
(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
Set➦
The width of the body of a type.
Set➦
A young oyster when first attached.
Set➦
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
Set➦
A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
Set➦
(colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
The set of a coat
Set➦
The pattern of a tartan, etc.
Set➦
The camber of a curved roofing tile.
Set➦
The full number of eggs set under a hen.
Set➦
That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
Set➦
A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
Set➦
A rudimentary fruit.
Set➦
The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
Set➦
General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
Set➦
A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
A set of tables
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A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
A set of tools
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An object made up of several parts.
A set of steps
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(set theory) 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.
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Set theory.
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A group of people, usually meeting socially.
The country set
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The scenery for a film or play.
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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.
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(dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
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(exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
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(tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
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(volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
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(volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
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(music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
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(music) A drum kit, a drum set.
He plays the set on Saturdays.
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A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
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Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand.
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Fixed in position.
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Rigid, solidified.
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Ready, prepared.
On your marks, get set, go!;
On your marks, set, go!
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Intent, determined (to do something).
Set on getting to his destination
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Prearranged.
A t=a meal that is instituted by a [[restaurateur for a limited occasion
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Fixed in one’s opinion.
I’m set against the idea of smacking children to punish them.
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(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
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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.
I do set my bow in the cloud.
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Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
Set your affection on things above.
The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
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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.
The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
Every incident sets him thinking.
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To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.
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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.
They show how hard they are set in this particular.
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To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.
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To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.
His eyes were set by reason of his age.
On these three objects his heart was set.
Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint.
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To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.
Tables for to sette, and beddes make.
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To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
I have set my life upon a cast,And I will stand the hazard of the die.
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To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.
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To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.
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To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.
Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
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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.
And him too rich a jewel to be setIn vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
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To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.
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To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.
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To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.
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To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.
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To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
High on their heads, with jewels richly set,Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
Pastoral dales thin set with modern farms.
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To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.
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To value; to rate; - with at.
Be you contented, wearing now the garland,To have a son set your decrees at naught.
I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
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To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
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To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; - said of hunting dogs.
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To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.
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To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.
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To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.
Setting aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that.
Some rules were to be set down for the government of the army.
This law we may name eternal, being that order which God . . . hath set down with himself, for himself to do all things by.
The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians.
If you please to assist and set me in, I will recollect myself.
They . . . set off the worst faces with the best airs.
An ugly woman, in rich habit set out with jewels, nothing can become.
The Venetians pretend they could set out, in case of great necessity, thirty men-of-war.
I could set out that best side of Luther.
I'll set up such a note as she shall hear.
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To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
Ere the weary sun set in the west.
Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next is likely to arise with more mourning.
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To fit music to words.
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To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
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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).
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To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
A gathering and serring of the spirits together to resist, maketh the teeth to set hard one against another.
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To congeal; to concrete; to solidify; - of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.
That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set.
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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.
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To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; - now followed by out.
The king is set from London.
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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.
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To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; - now followed by out.
If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
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To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.
He that would seriously set upon the search of truth.
Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.
Those men who set up for mortality without regard to religion, are generally but virtuous in part.
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Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.
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Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.
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Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.
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Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.
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Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.
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The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.
The weary sun hath made a golden set.
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That which is set, placed, or fixed.
We will in France, by God's grace, play a setShall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
That was but civil war, an equal set.
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Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.
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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.
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A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.
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A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.
This falls into different divisions, or sets, of nations connected under particular religions.
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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.
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Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
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A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Called also nail set.
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In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.
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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.
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A young oyster when first attached.
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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.
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That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.
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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.
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A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.
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Camber of a curved roofing tile.
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The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat.
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Any collection or group of objects considered together.
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An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Seth
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A group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used;
A set of books
A set of golf clubs
A set of teeth
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(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols;
The set of prime numbers is infinite
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Several exercises intended to be done in series;
He did four sets of the incline bench press
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Representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production;
The sets were meticulously authentic
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An unofficial association of people or groups;
The smart set goes there
They were an angry lot
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A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;
The set of his mind was obvious
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The act of putting something in position;
He gave a final set to his hat
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A unit of play in tennis or squash;
They played two sets of tennis after dinner
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The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization;
The hardening of concrete
He tested the set of the glue
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Evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
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The descent of a heavenly body below the horizon;
Before the set of sun
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(psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way;
The subjects' set led them to solve problems the familiar way and to overlook the simpler solution
His instructions deliberately gave them the wrong set
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Any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals;
The early sets ran on storage batteries
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Put into a certain place or abstract location;
Put your things here
Set the tray down
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Place emphasis on a certain point
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Fix conclusively or authoritatively;
Set the rules
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Decide upon or fix definitely;
Fix the variables
Specify the parameters
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Establish as the highest level or best performance;
Set a record
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Put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state;
Set the house afire
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Fix in a border;
The goldsmith set the diamond
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Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;
Get the children ready for school!
Prepare for war
I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
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Set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly;
Set clocks or instruments
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Locate;
The film is set in Africa
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Disappear beyond the horizon;
The sun sets early these days
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Adapt for performance in a different way;
Set this poem to music
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Put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;
Let's plant flowers in the garden
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Apply or start;
Set fire to a building
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Become gelatinous;
The liquid jelled after we added the enzyme
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Put into a position that will restore a normal state;
Set a broken bone
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Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
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Give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
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Urge a dog to attack someone
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Estimate;
We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
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Equip with sails, masts, etc.;
Rig a ship
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Get ready for a particular purpose or event;
Set up an experiment
Set the table
Lay out the tools for the surgery
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Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;
Adjust the clock, please
Correct the alignment of the front wheels
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Bear fruit;
The apple trees fructify
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Arrange attractively;
Dress my hair for the wedding
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(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed;
In no fit state to continue
Fit to drop
Laughing fit to burst
She was fit to scream
Primed for a fight
We are set to go at any time
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Fixed and unmoving;
With eyes set in a fixed glassy stare
His bearded face already has a set hollow look
A face rigid with pain
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Situated in a particular spot or position;
Valuable centrally located urban land
Strategically placed artillery
A house set on a hilltop
Nicely situated on a quiet riverbank
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Set down according to a plan:
A carefully laid table with places set for four people
Stones laid in a pattern
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Being below the horizon;
The moon is set
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Determined or decided upon as by an authority;
Date and place are already determined
The dictated terms of surrender
The time set for the launching
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Converted to solid form (as concrete)
