Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in British Sign Language (BSL). The largest collection online.
How to sign: set up or found
"She set up a literacy program";
Similiar / Same: establish, found, launch
How to sign: set up for use
"install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink";
Similiar / Same: install, instal, put in
Categories: lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Within this category: post, reinstall, retrofit
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
Categories: alter, change, modify
Within this category: brace, cram, cultivate, fix, mount, precondition, prime, provide, set up, socialize, summerize, winterize
How to sign: equipment designed to serve a specific function
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
How to sign: put into a proper or systematic order
"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order";
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