Sett

Word SETT
Character 4
Hyphenation sett
Pronunciations /sɛt/

Definitions and meanings of "Sett"

What do we mean by sett?

The number of warp threads per inch or centimeter on a loom. noun

A badger's den. noun

A paving stone. noun

Same as set, n., 30. noun

See set, set. noun

See set, n., 2 (e) and 3. noun

The system of tunnels that is the home of a badger. noun

The pattern of distinctive threads and yarns that make up the plaid of a Scottish tartan. noun

A small, square-cut piece of quarried stone used for paving and edging. noun

Rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads noun

To put (something) down, to rest.

To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

To start (a fire).

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

To determine or settle.

To adjust.

To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

To introduce or describe.

To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.

To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

To prepare (a stage or film set).

To fit (someone) up in a situation.

To arrange (type).

To devise and assign (work) to.

To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

To solidify.

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

To defeat a contract.

(now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.

To produce after pollination.

(of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

(Midwestern US) To sit (be in a seated position).

To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.

To fit music to words.

To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

(country dancing) 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.

To place or fix in a setting.

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

To wager in gambling; to risk.

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

To value; to rate; used with at.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

To suit; to become.

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The word "sett" in example sentences

The word endding sett is the anglicized pronounciation of the Algonkian word ock or auk, which means a "ground," "place," or "area". ' ❋ Unknown (2004)

Many came on foot, and of these by much the larger part meant to accompany the _cortège_ only to the top of the Armboth Fell, and, having "sett" it so far, to face no more of the more than twenty miles of rough country that lay between the valley and the churchyard on the plains by the sea. ❋ Hall Caine (1892)

John Jackson and some of the other dalesmen who had been "sett" on the way to Gosforth led to an explanation of the disaster that had occurred on the pass. ❋ Hall Caine (1892)

He played a game called sett’ e mezz’ for pennies, sitting on the one-step terrace outside the grocery store, freezing on the stone, and he memorized the cards coming out of the dealer’s hand and won very regular, expecting a picture card and it would come, worth half a point, but she told him not to play anymore. ❋ Don Delillo (2008)

Revels and merriment after the old English custome; [they] prepared to sett up a Maypole upon the festivall day . . . and therefore brewed a barrell of excellent beare [beer] . . . to be spent, with other good cheare, for all commers of that day . . . ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

I caught sight of them through binoculars as they were, interestingly, on the edge of the disturbed mound outside a sett. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And then, surprisingly, the cage door is opened and the badger runs free and back to the safety of his sett. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Field will trap badgers for two nights running; it is calculated that 80% of a sett can be caught in this way and the temporary mark will tell him the next morning whether a badger has already been vaccinated. ❋ Unknown (2011)

[1] He is the first, and though he may not superstitiously feel the situation, yet he certainly has the start of them all, and the more there may be that sett off after him so much the better fun for the composer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All together now: 'The science is sett ...' no, wait ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jeg er arkitekt og har snakket med Daniel Butenscon og sett oppslaget i DN i dag. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Either Holland and Martel had attempted to destroy all evidence of the Ammonite, or the police had tried to smoke them out like badgers from a sett. ❋ Rose Melikan (2010)

Upon which they sett a parte a solemne day of humilliation, to seek the Lord by humble and fervente prayer, in this great distrese. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The front-month October oil futures contract fell 2%, sett ling below $72 a barrel for the first time since early July. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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