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How to sign: 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";
See also: set back, defer, assemble, put across, rig, erect, jail, unload, put together, prorogue, imprison, lay out, disembark, defer, jug, knock back, incarcerate, debark, array, put off, put together, ensnare, table, gaol, communicate, lay out, put off, entrap, shelve, knock back, tack together, table, postpone, immure, put up, assemble, arrange, set back, shelve, prorogue, put behind bars, postpone, put back, tack together, array, put down, remit, piece, put over, set up, set out, remit, put over, put back, lag, land, set up, set out, remand, put back, lay, piece, set back, set up, set back, tack, put up, put away, put down, tack, frame, apply, replace, bring down, hold over, range, rear, repose, hold over, set down, range, put down, set up, set down, put on, pass on, set up, discharge, drop, raise, post, set up, pass
Similiar / Same: put, place, lay, position, pose
Within this category: insert, docket, cock, postpose, prepose, step, replace, stratify, plant, intersperse, nestle, pile, arrange, superimpose, superpose, park, ensconce, emplace, emplace, ship, underlay, trench, pigeonhole, shelve, jar, repose, stick, sign, middle, parallelize, butt, recess, reposition, throw, tee, rack up, coffin, bed, appose, set down, sow, misplace, juxtapose, set down, bottle, bucket, barrel, ground, pillow, misplace, upend, seat, lay, stand, recline, plant, install, situate, ladle, poise, lean, clap, rest, perch, load, cram, set, siphon, position, glycerolize, space, marshal, settle, throw, imbricate
How to sign: alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
"Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels";
Similiar / Same: adjust, correct
Categories: change, alter, modify
Within this category: proportion, modulate, temper, tune, calibrate, tune, time, trim, zero, zero, readjust, attune, time, set, regulate, focus, synchronize, pressurize, depressurize, match, plumb, align, harmonize, linearize, justify, citify
How to sign: an unofficial association of people or groups
"the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot";
Similiar / Same: band, circle, lot
Categories: social group
Within this category: car pool, clique, cohort, conspiracy, Four Hundred, horsy set, jet set, party
How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: prepare, gear up, ready, fix, set up
Categories: change, alter, modify
Within this category: socialize, provide, cram, precondition, fix, mount, set up, winterize, summerize, prime, cultivate, brace
How to sign: a unit of play in tennis or squash
"they played two sets of tennis after dinner";
Categories: playing period, period of play, play
How to sign: the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
"the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue";
Similiar / Same: solidifying, solidification, curing, hardening
Categories: natural process, natural action, action, activity
Within this category: congealment
