Definition of sets

"sets" in the noun sense

1. set

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"

2. set

mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols

"the set of prime numbers is infinite"

3. set, exercise set

several exercises intended to be done in series

"he did four sets of the incline bench press"

4. stage set, set

representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production

"the sets were meticulously authentic"

5. set, circle, band, lot

an unofficial association of people or groups

"the smart set goes there"

"they were an angry lot"

6. bent, set

a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

"the set of his mind was obvious"

7. set

the act of putting something in position

"he gave a final set to his hat"

8. set

a unit of play in tennis or squash

"they played two sets of tennis after dinner"

9. hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing

the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

"the hardening of concrete"

"he tested the set of the glue"

10. Set, Seth

evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout brother and murderer of Osiris

11. set

the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon

"before the set of sun"

12. set, readiness

psychology) being temporarily ready 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"

13. set

any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals

"the early sets ran on storage batteries"

"sets" in the verb sense

1. put, set, place, pose, position, lay

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"

2. determine, set

fix conclusively or authoritatively

"set the rules"

3. specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit

decide upon or fix definitely

"fix the variables"

"specify the parameters"

4. set, mark

establish as the highest level or best performance

"set a record"

5. set

put into a certain state cause to be in a certain state

"set the house afire"

6. set

fix in a border

"The goldsmith set the diamond"

7. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

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"

8. set

set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly

"set clocks or instruments"

9. set, localize, localise, place

locate

"The film is set in Africa"

10. set, go down, go under

disappear beyond the horizon

"the sun sets early these days"

11. arrange, set

adapt for performance in a different way

"set this poem to music"

12. plant, set

put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

"Let's plant flowers in the garden"

13. set

apply or start

"set fire to a building"

14. jell, set, congeal

become gelatinous

"the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme"

15. typeset, set

set in type

"My book will be typeset nicely"

"set these words in italics"

16. set

put into a position that will restore a normal state

"set a broken bone"

17. set, countersink

insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

18. set

give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

19. sic, set

urge to attack someone

"The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"

"the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"

20. place, put, set

estimate

"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

21. rig, set, set up

equip with sails or masts

"rig a ship"

22. set up, lay out, set

get ready for a particular purpose or event

"set up an experiment"

"set the table"

"lay out the tools for the surgery"

23. adjust, set, correct

alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard

"Adjust the clock, please"

"correct the alignment of the front wheels"

24. fructify, set

bear fruit

"the apple trees fructify"

25. dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure

arrange attractively

"dress my hair for the wedding"

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Quotations for sets

A good recorder sets all in order. [ Proverb ]

Have you found your life distasteful?
My life did, and does, smack sweet.
Was your youth of pleasure wasteful?
Mine I saved and hold complete.
Do your joys with age diminish?
When mine fail me, I'll complain.
Must in death your daylight finish?
My sun sets to rise again. [ Browning ]

Modesty sets off one newly come to honor. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The grave, where sets the orb of being, sets
To rise, ascend, and culminate above
Eternity's horizon evermore. [ Abraham Coles ]

It is novelty that sets the people a gaping. [ Proverb ]

Fancy sets the value on the gifts of fortune. [ Rochefoucauld ]

One barking dog sets all the street a-barking. [ Proverb ]

Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise. [ Pope ]

No decking sets forth anything so much as affection. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Presumption first blinds a man, and then sets him a running. [ Proverb ]

Is the painter a plagiarist because he sets his palette to nature? [ Benjamin West ]

He who sets one foot in a bawdy-house claps the other in an hospital. [ Proverb ]

Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on everything. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

When the husband is fire, and the wife tow, the devil easily sets all in a flame. [ Proverb ]

He that sets his net betimes, may expect a fuller draught than he that fishes later. [ Proverb ]

Gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite the man that mocks at it, and sets it light. [ William Shakespeare ]

Envy sets the stronger seal on desert; if he have no enemies, I should esteem his fortune most wretched. [ Ben Jonson ]

Good qualities are the substantial riches of the mind, but it is good-breeding that sets them off to advantage. [ Locke ]

Dramatical or representative play is, as it were, a visible history; for it sets out the image of things as if they were present. [ Bacon ]

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful. Every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine. [ Emerson ]

He who indulges his senses in any excesses renders himself obnoxious to his own reason; and, to gratify the brute in him, displeases the man, and sets his two natures at variance. [ Scott ]

As the shadow in early morning, is friendship with the wicked; it dwindles hour by hour; but friendship with the good increases, like the evening shadow, till the sun of life sets. [ Herder ]

Rarity gives a charm: thus early fruits are most esteemed; thus winter roses obtain a higher price; thus coyness sets off an extravagant mistress; a door ever open attracts no young suitor. [ Martial ]

The girl of the period sets up to be natural, and is only rude; mistakes insolence for innocence; says everything that comes first to her lips, and thinks she is gay when she is only giddy. [ Beaconsfield ]

A friend is he who sets his heart upon us, is happy with us and delights in us; does for us what we want, is willing and fully engaged to do all he can for us, on whom we can rely in all cases. [ William Ellery Channing ]

The light of genius never sets, but sheds itself upon other faces, in different hues of splendor. Homer glows in the softened beauty of Virgil, and Spenser revives in the decorated learning of Gray. [ Willmott ]

Yes, what I am to be everlastingly, I am growing to be now - now in this Present time so little thought of, this time which the sun rises and sets in, and the clock strikes in, and I wake and sleep in. [ William Mountford ]

Nobility is a river that sets with a constant and undeviating current directly into the great Pacific Ocean of Time; but, unlike all other rivers, it is more grand at its source than at its termination. [ Colton ]

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. It sets the slave at liberty, carries the banished man home, and places all mortals on the same level, insomuch that life itself were a punishment without it. [ Seneca ]

As a general rule, people who flagrantly pretend to anything are the reverse of that which they pretend to. A man who sets up for a saint is sure to be a sinner; and a man who boasts that he is a sinner is sure to have some feeble, maudlin, snivelling bit of saintship about him which is enough to make him a humbug. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of. It heightens all the virtues which it accompanies; like the shades of paintings, it raises and rounds every figure, and makes the colors more beautiful, though not so glowing as they would be without it. [ Addison ]

See a fond mother encircled by her children; with pious tenderness she looks around, and her soul even melts with maternal love. One she kisses on its cheeks, and clasps another to her bosom; one she sets upon her knee, and finds a seat upon her foot for another. And while, by their actions, by their lisping words, and asking eyes, she understands their numberless little wishes, to these she dispenses a look, and a word to those; and whether she grants or refuses, whether she smiles or frowns, it is all in tender love. [ Krummacher ]

sets in Scrabble®

The word sets is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 4

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters sets:

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sets in Words With Friends™

The word sets is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 4

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters sets:

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Word Growth involving sets

Shorter words in sets

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Longer words containing sets

assets bassets

besets

bitsets

bonesets

chipsets

closets

corsets

cressets

datasets

dowsets

filmsets

gearsets

gussets

handsets

headsets

insets twinsets

itemsets

keysets

lettersets

locksets

marmosets

mindsets

nailsets

offsets

onsets

outsets

oversets

photosets

possets

powersets hyperpowersets

quicksets

resets presets

russets

setscrew setscrews

setsquare setsquares

subsets

sunsets

thermosets

thicksets

toolsets

tsetse tsetses

typesets phototypesets

undersets

upsets