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(verb)
(setting, set) transitive verb: to put in a specified place, condition, etc; (trap for animals) to fix; (clock etc) to adjust; (table) to arrange for a meal; (hair) to fix in a desired style; (bone)to put into normal position, etc; to make settled, rigid, or fixed; (gems) to mount; to direct; to furnish (an example) for others; to fit (words to music or music to words); (type) to arrange for printing; (with against) to weigh up, compare; to cause to be opposed to; (with aside) to discard; to reserve for a particular reason; (with down) to place (something) on a surface; to record, put in writing; to regard; to attribute (to); to allow to alight from (a vehicle); (with out) to present or display; to explain in detail; to plan, lay out.
intransitive verb: to become firm, hard or fixed; to begin to move (out, forth, off, etc); (sun) to sink below the horizon; (with about) to begin; to abuse physically or verbally; (with in) to stitch (a sleeve) within a garment; to become established; (with off) to show up by contrast; to set in motion; to cause to explode; (with on) to urge (as a dog) to attack or pursue; to go on, advance; (with out) to begin a journey, career, etc; (with to) to start working, especially eagerly; to start fighting; (with up) to erect; to establish, to found; (with upon) to attack, usually with violence.
> set
(adjective)
fixed, established; intentional; rigid, firm; obstinate; ready.
> set
(noun)
a number of persons or things classed or belonging together; a group, a clique; the way in which a thing is set; direction; the scenery for a play, film, etc; assembled equipment for radio or television reception, etc; (math) the totality of points, numbers, or objects that satisfy a given condition; (tennis) a series of games forming a unit of a match; a rooted cutting of a plant ready for transplanting; a badger's burrow (also sett).