to set
- verb
- /sɛt/
- This needs to now be set and rested for a week.
- set quickly
- process of setting
This needs to now be set and rested for a week.
- This needs to now be set and rested for a week.
- I'm going to go ahead and just lightly set my under eyes.
- I'm going to take Patrick's powder and quickly set under the eye.
Examples
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Not only does it clean and condition the hair, it sets the hair as well by getting deep down into the root system.
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I made some sun tea and set the jar out in the backyard.
Fiction book (1992) -
But I think he just kind of used this to set the cream in place.
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And it's already set in a ring, so she can keep it with her.
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And that foundation honestly sets so nice.
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OK, so my next step to like really set this glue in.
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I like to let the stains set and dry all day or overnight.
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Although the technique was viable, the material set slowly and had a significant dimensional change over time.
Academic text (1995) -
Each longline set requires most of a day or night to set, soak, and retrieve.
Academic text (1993) -
After pouring the mixture, let it set in the fridge for at least four hours to become firm.
Synonyms
Become solid because of cold, like water turning to ice
To change from a liquid or gas into a hard state as it cools
Make or become tighter and more solid
To become thick and semi-solid like jelly when it cools
To become thick and form lumps in a liquid, for example blood or milk
Change into a thick, firm jelly when it cools
To change from a liquid to a thick jelly
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To begin working very hard and not give up on a difficult task
- Archaic
To cause great excitement or a big effect, often said to mean something is not impressive
Phrasal Verbs
To let a person or animal go after keeping them in a place where they could not leave
- Informal
To make a place feel a certain way with lights, music, or decorations
- Informal
To make someone look guilty for something they did not do by tricking other people
- Specialized
To create a fake target to attract and find people who attack or steal data
To put temporary barriers on a road to slow or send traffic another way
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of letters, numbers, and symbols used for writing and showing text
- Specialized
A set of complex numbers that makes a very detailed, repeating shape when drawn on a graph
- Archaic
A machine like a radio that receives and makes broadcast signals stronger
A basketball move in which a player stands still and uses both hands to put the ball in the basket
- Specialized
A group of connected home devices like lights or speakers you control together
- Specialized
A computer design where the main processor runs many built-in instructions
- Specialized
A computer design where the processor runs many complex commands directly in hardware
- Archaic
A simple early radio that uses a crystal to receive signals without a battery
- Specialized
A set of 128 basic computer characters for letters, numbers, symbols, and control codes
A set of matching furniture for a room where people sit and relax, like a sofa and chairs
- UK
A toy with metal strips, plates, and wheels you join with nuts and bolts to build moving models
- Specialized
A computer design that uses a small set of simple commands to work faster
- Specialized
A computer design using a small set of simple instructions for faster processors that use less power
- Specialized
A fixed group of words that mean something different from the words alone
- Specialized
All the things we consider in a math problem, including every smaller group
- Specialized
Climbing gear that has a safety strap and two metal clips for via ferrata routes
How Firm
Surface Forms
Etymology
Set (to become firm) comes from the same old idea of putting something so it stays in one shape, like making it 'fixed' or solid. That's why we say jelly or cement has 'set' when it is no longer liquid.