The answer is the word: SET verb, set, setâ‹…ting, noun, adjective, interjection.
-verb (used with object)(there are in all 119 uses for the word SET, here are a few)
| 1. | to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. |
| 2. | to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. |
| 3. | to place in some relation to something or someone: We set a supervisor over the new workers. |
| 4. | to put into some condition: to set a house on fire. |
| 5. | to put or apply: to set fire to a house. |
| 6. | to put in the proper position: to set a chair back on its feet. |
| 7. | to put in the proper or desired order or condition for use: to set a trap. |
| 8. | to distribute or arrange china, silver, etc., for use on (a table): to set the table for dinner. |
| 9. | to place (the hair, esp. when wet) on rollers, in clips, or the like, so that the hair will assume a particular style. |
| 10. | to put (a price or value) upon something: He set $7500 as the right amount for the car. The teacher sets a high value on neatness. |
| 11. | to fix the value of at a certain amount or rate; value: He set the car at $500. She sets neatness at a high value. |
| 12. | to post, station, or appoint for the purpose of performing some duty: to set spies on a person. |
| 13. | to determine or fix definitely: to set a time limit. |
| 14. | to resolve or decide upon: to set a wedding date. |
| 15. | to cause to pass into a given state or condition: to set one's mind at rest; to set a prisoner free. |
| 16. | to direct or settle resolutely or wishfully: to set one's mind to a task. |
| 17. | to present as a model; place before others as a standard: to set a good example. |
| 18. | to establish for others to follow: to set a fast pace. |
| 19. | to prescribe or assign, as a task. |
| 20. | to adjust (a mechanism) so as to control its performance. |
| 21. | to adjust the hands of (a clock or watch) according to a certain standard: I always set my watch by the clock in the library. |
| 22. | to adjust (a timer, alarm of a clock, etc.) so as to sound when desired: He set the alarm for seven o'clock. |
| 23. | to fix or mount (a gem or the like) in a frame or setting. |
| 24. | to ornament or stud with gems or the like: a bracelet set with pearls. |
| 25. | to cause to sit; seat: to set a child in a highchair. |
| 26. | to put (a hen) on eggs to hatch them. |
| 27. | to place (eggs) under a hen or in an incubator for hatching. |
| 28. | to place or plant firmly: to set a flagpole in concrete. |
| 29. | to put into a fixed, rigid, or settled state, as the face, muscles, etc. |
| 30. | to fix at a given point or calibration: to set the dial on an oven; to set a micrometer. |
| 31. | to tighten (often fol. by up): to set nuts well up. |
| 32. | to cause to take a particular direction: to set one's course to the south. |
| 33. | Surgery. to put (a broken or dislocated bone) back in position. |
| 34. | (of a hunting dog) to indicate the position of (game) by standing stiffly and pointing with the muzzle. |
| 35. | Music.| a. | to fit, as words to music. |
| b. | to arrange for musical performance. |
| c. | to arrange (music) for certain voices or instruments. |
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| 36. | Theater.| a. | to arrange the scenery, properties, lights, etc., on (a stage) for an act or scene. |
| b. | to prepare (a scene) for dramatic performance. |
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| 37. | Nautical. to spread and secure (a sail) so as to catch the wind. |
| 38. | Printing.| a. | to arrange (type) in the order required for printing. |
| b. | to put together types corresponding to (copy); compose in type: to set an article. |
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| 39. | Baking. to put aside (a substance to which yeast has been added) in order that it may rise. |
| 40. | to change into curd: to set milk with rennet. |
| 41. | to cause (glue, mortar, or the like) to become fixed or hard. |
| 42. | to urge, goad, or encourage to attack: to set the hounds on a trespasser. |
| 43. | Bridge. to cause (the opposing partnership or their contract) to fall short: We set them two tricks at four spades. Only perfect defense could set four spades. |
| 44. | to affix or apply, as by stamping: The king set his seal to the decree. |
| 45. | to fix or engage (a fishhook) firmly into the jaws of a fish by pulling hard on the line once the fish has taken the bait. |
| 46. | to sharpen or put a keen edge on (a blade, knife, razor, etc.) by honing or grinding. |
| 47. | to fix the length, width, and shape of (yarn, fabric, etc.). |
| 48. | Carpentry. to sink (a nail head) with a nail set. |
| 49. | to bend or form to the proper shape, as a saw tooth or a spring. |
| 50. | to bend the teeth of (a saw) outward from the blade alternately on both sides in order to make a cut wider than the blade itself. |