BSL Sign Language Dictionary

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set up

How to sign: set up or found
"She set up a literacy program";

launch in BSL Watch how to sign launch in British Sign Language
launch - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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found in BSL Watch how to sign found in British Sign Language
found - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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set up in BSL Watch how to sign set up in British Sign Language
set up - University of Wolverhampton
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launch in BSL Watch how to sign launch in British Sign Language
launch - QIA Dictionary of ICT
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found in BSL Watch how to sign found in British Sign Language
found - Karl O'Keeffe More details
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establish in BSL Watch how to sign establish in British Sign Language
establish
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launch in BSL Watch how to sign launch in British Sign Language
launch - Ben Fletcher - Tech Signs
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Similiar / Same: establish, found, launch

Categories: open, open up

set up

How to sign: set up for use
"install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink";

install in BSL Watch how to sign install in British Sign Language
install - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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put-in in BSL Watch how to sign put-in in British Sign Language
put-in - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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put in in BSL Watch how to sign put in in British Sign Language
put in - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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install in BSL Watch how to sign install in British Sign Language
install - QIA Dictionary of ICT
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Put in in BSL Watch how to sign Put in in British Sign Language
Put in - National Deaf Children's Society More details
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Similiar / Same: install, instal, put in

Categories: lay, place, pose, position, put, set

Within this category: post, reinstall, retrofit

set up

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";

prepare in BSL Watch how to sign prepare in British Sign Language
prepare - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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prepare in BSL Watch how to sign prepare in British Sign Language
prepare - Karl O'Keeffe More details
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Similiar / Same: prepare, gear up, ready

Categories: alter, change, modify

Within this category: brace, cram, cultivate, fix, mount, precondition, prime, provide, set up, socialize, summerize, winterize

setup

How to sign: equipment designed to serve a specific function

apparatus in BSL Watch how to sign apparatus in British Sign Language
apparatus - Scottish Sensory Centre More details
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Similiar / Same: apparatus

Categories: equipment

Within this category: aerator, burner, cascade liquefier, centrifuge, chemical reactor, cloud chamber, condenser, duplicator, electrograph, generator, heat pump, heliograph, incubator, instillator, Kipp's apparatus, lighting, nuclear reactor, optical bench, pendulum, purifier, reformer, semaphore, sequencer, soda fountain, still, submersible, telegraph, titrator, X-ray machine

set up

How to sign: put into a proper or systematic order
"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order";

arrange in BSL Watch how to sign arrange in British Sign Language
arrange - University of Bristol & Deaf Studies Trust
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Similiar / Same: arrange

Categories: lay, place, pose, position, put, set

Within this category: alphabetize, cascade, catenate, chain, concord, corral, drape, drape, dress, gradate, line up, marshal, order, order, organize, pack, pair, preen, pyramid, range, rearrange, regularize, serialize, set, settle, stack, stack, stagger, straighten, stratify, string, string, string out

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