to set
- verb
- /sɛt/
- Specialized
- I finally dragged T'kun back up and set his arm as best I could...
So it's nice psychology and it's not setting a bone.
- So it's nice psychology and it's not setting a bone.
- But it's going to take a little time for me to set that parking brake.
- Can't get the broken bones to set.
Examples
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At last, Richter pulled the leeches away, washed his hands, and set the wounds.
Fiction book (1992) -
Man came down from Chicago, he going to set that baby right.
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I'm going to take that bone color and just set the eyes in place.
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Forrester, I'll be setting the bone this afternoon.
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My friend, Audrey, she's a nurse, she says when a bone doesn't set right, it'll hurt forever.
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Can you help me set the broken bone in my arm back into place?
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The doctor will set your dislocated shoulder during the appointment.
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After the injury, I went to the hospital to have the doctor set my leg properly.
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Set (to put a broken bone back) comes from the old sense of putting something in the right place, related to sit and seat, so to set a bone is to put it back where it should be. That is why a doctor 'sets' a bone to help it heal correctly.