Dusk vs. Set

Dusknoun

A period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight.

Dusknoun

A darkish colour.

Duskverb

(intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.

Duskverb

(transitive) To make dusk.

Duskadjective

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Duskadjective

Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.

Dusknoun

Imperfect obscurity; a middle degree between light and darkness; twilight; as, the dusk of the evening.

Dusknoun

A darkish color.

Duskverb

To make dusk.

Duskverb

To grow dusk.

Dusknoun

the time of day immediately following sunset;

Dusk

Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before night. At predusk, during early to intermediate stages of twilight, enough light in the sky under clear conditions may occur to read outdoors without artificial illumination; however, at the end of civil twilight (when Earth rotates to a point at which the center of the Sun's disk is 6° below the local horizon), such lighting is required to read outside.

Setverb

(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.

Setverb

(transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Setverb

(transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.

Setverb

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.

Setverb

(transitive) To determine or settle.

Setverb

(transitive) To adjust.

Setverb

(transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.

Setverb

(transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.

Setverb

(transitive) To introduce or describe.

Setverb

(transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.

Setverb

(transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).

Setverb

(transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).

Setverb

(transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.

Setverb

(transitive) To arrange (type).

Setverb

(transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.

Setverb

To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.

Setverb

(intransitive) To solidify.

Setverb

(transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.

Setverb

(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.

Setverb

To defeat a contract.

Setverb

To begin to move; to go forth.

Setverb

To produce after pollination.

Setverb

To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.

Setverb

To sit be in a seated position.

Setverb

To hunt game with the aid of a setter.

Setverb

Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.

Setverb

(obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.

Setverb

(ambitransitive) To fit music to words.

Setverb

(ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

Setverb

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

Setverb

To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.

Setverb

To place or fix in a setting.

Setverb

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.

Setverb

To extend and bring into position; to spread.

Setverb

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.

Setverb

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.

Setverb

(masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

Setverb

(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.

Setverb

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

Setverb

(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.

Setverb

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.

Setverb

(Scotland) To suit; to become.

Setverb

To divide a class group in a subject according to ability

Setnoun

A punch for setting nails in wood.

Setnoun

A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.

Setnoun

: a hole made and lived in by a badger.

Setnoun

: pattern of threads and yarns.

Setnoun

: piece of quarried stone.

Setnoun

(horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.

Setnoun

The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.

Setnoun

That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.

Setnoun

(engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.

Setnoun

(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.

Setnoun

The width of the body of a type.

Setnoun

A young oyster when first attached.

Setnoun

Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.

Setnoun

A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun)

Setnoun

(colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.

Setnoun

The camber of a curved roofing tile.

Setnoun

A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.

Setnoun

A rudimentary fruit.

Setnoun

The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.

Setnoun

General movement; direction; drift; tendency.

Setnoun

A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.)

Setnoun

A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.

Setnoun

An object made up of several parts.

Setnoun

(set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.

Setnoun

Set theory.

Setnoun

A group of people, usually meeting socially.

Setnoun

The scenery for a film or play.

Setnoun

(dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.

Setnoun

(exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.

Setnoun

(tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.

Setnoun

(volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.

Setnoun

(volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.

Setnoun

(music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.

Setnoun

(music) A drum kit, a drum set.

Setnoun

A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.

Setnoun

Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand.

Setadjective

Fixed in position.

Setadjective

Rigid, solidified.

Setadjective

Ready, prepared.

Setadjective

Intent, determined (to do something).

Setadjective

Prearranged.

Setadjective

Fixed in one’s opinion.

Setadjective

(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.

Setverb

To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end.

Setverb

Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.

Setverb

To make to assume specified place, condition, or occupation; to put in a certain condition or state (described by the accompanying words); to cause to be.

Setverb

To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to.

Setverb

To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot; hence, to occasion difficulty to; to embarrass; as, to set a coach in the mud.

Setverb

To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt.

Setverb

To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance.

Setverb

To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare; as, to set (that is, to hone) a razor; to set a saw.

Setverb

To stake at play; to wager; to risk.

Setverb

To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard.

Setverb

To extend and bring into position; to spread; as, to set the sails of a ship.

Setverb

To fit with music; to adapt, as words to notes; to prepare for singing.

Setverb

To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash.

Setverb

To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote; as, to set a psalm.

Setverb

To determine; to appoint; to assign; to fix; as, to set a time for a meeting; to set a price on a horse.

Setverb

To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese.

Setverb

To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone.

Setverb

To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.

Setverb

To make to agree with some standard; as, to set a watch or a clock.

Setverb

To value; to rate; - with at.

Setverb

To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.

Setverb

To point out the seat or position of, as birds, or other game; - said of hunting dogs.

Setverb

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.

Setverb

To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill.

Setverb

To compose; to arrange in words, lines, etc.; as, to set type; to set a page.

Setverb

To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

Setverb

To fit music to words.

Setverb

To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.

Setverb

To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form; as, cuttings set well; the fruit has set well (i. e., not blasted in the blossom).

Setverb

To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.

Setverb

To congeal; to concrete; to solidify; - of cements, glues, gels, concrete, substances polymerizing into plastics, etc.

Setverb

To have a certain direction in motion; to flow; to move on; to tend; as, the current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.

Setverb

To begin to move; to go out or forth; to start; - now followed by out.

Setverb

To indicate the position of game; - said of a dog; as, the dog sets well; also, to hunt game by the aid of a setter.

Setverb

To apply one's self; to undertake earnestly; - now followed by out.

Setverb

To fit or suit one; to sit; as, the coat sets well.

Setadjective

Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance.

Setadjective

Firm; unchanging; obstinate; as, set opinions or prejudices.

Setadjective

Regular; uniform; formal; as, a set discourse; a set battle.

Setadjective

Established; prescribed; as, set forms of prayer.

Setadjective

Adjusted; arranged; formed; adapted.

Setnoun

The act of setting, as of the sun or other heavenly body; descent; hence, the close; termination.

Setnoun

That which is set, placed, or fixed.

Setnoun

Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring.

Setnoun

A number of things of the same kind, ordinarily used or classed together; a collection of articles which naturally complement each other, and usually go together; an assortment; a suit; as, a set of chairs, of china, of surgical or mathematical instruments, of books, etc.

Setnoun

A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set.

Setnoun

A number of persons associated by custom, office, common opinion, quality, or the like; a division; a group; a clique.

Setnoun

A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot be reached by the weight, or hammer, except by means of such an intervening piece.

Setnoun

Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.

Setnoun

A short steel spike used for driving the head of a nail below the surface. Called also nail set.

Setnoun

In dancing, the number of persons necessary to execute a quadrille; also, the series of figures or movements executed.

Setnoun

The deflection of a tooth, or of the teeth, of a saw, which causes the the saw to cut a kerf, or make an opening, wider than the blade.

Setnoun

A young oyster when first attached.

Setnoun

A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce.

Setnoun

That dimension of the body of a type called by printers the width.

Setnoun

Any of various standards of measurement of the fineness of cloth; specif., the number of reeds in one inch and the number of threads in each reed. The exact meaning varies according to the location where it is used. Sometimes written sett.

Setnoun

A stone, commonly of granite, shaped like a short brick and usually somewhat larger than one, used for street paving. Commonly written sett.

Setnoun

Camber of a curved roofing tile.

Setnoun

The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit; as, the set of a coat.

Setnoun

Any collection or group of objects considered together.

Set

An evil beast-headed god with high square ears and a long snout; his was the brother and murderer of Osiris. Called also Seth

Setnoun

a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used;

Setnoun

(mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols;

Setnoun

several exercises intended to be done in series;

Setnoun

representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production;

Setnoun

an unofficial association of people or groups;

Setnoun

a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;

Setnoun

the act of putting something in position;

Setnoun

a unit of play in tennis or squash;

Setnoun

the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization;

Setnoun

evil beast-headed Egyptian god with high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris

Setnoun

the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon;

Setnoun

(psychology) a temporary readiness to respond in a particular way;

Setnoun

any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals;

Setverb

put into a certain place or abstract location;

Setverb

fix conclusively or authoritatively;

Setverb

decide upon or fix definitely;

Setverb

establish as the highest level or best performance;

Setverb

put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state;

Setverb

fix in a border;

Setverb

make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

Setverb

set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly;

Setverb

locate;

Setverb

disappear beyond the horizon;

Setverb

adapt for performance in a different way;

Setverb

put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;

Setverb

apply or start;

Setverb

become gelatinous;

Setverb

put into a position that will restore a normal state;

Setverb

insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)

Setverb

give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor

Setverb

urge a dog to attack someone

Setverb

estimate;

Setverb

equip with sails, masts, etc.;

Setverb

get ready for a particular purpose or event;

Setverb

alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

Setverb

bear fruit;

Setverb

arrange attractively;

Setadjective

(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed;

Setadjective

fixed and unmoving;

Setadjective

situated in a particular spot or position;

Setadjective

set down according to a plan:

Setadjective

being below the horizon;

Setadjective

determined or decided upon as by an authority;

Setadjective

converted to solid form (as concrete)

Setverb

put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position

Setverb

be situated or fixed in a specified place or position

Setverb

represent (a story, play, film, or scene) as happening at a specified time or in a specified place

Setverb

mount a precious stone in (something, typically a piece of jewellery)

Setverb

mount (a precious stone) in something

Setverb

arrange (type) as required

Setverb

arrange the type for (a piece of text)

Setverb

prepare (a table) for a meal by placing cutlery, crockery, etc. on it in their proper places

Setverb

provide (music) so that a written work can be produced in a musical form

Setverb

move (a bell) so that it rests in an inverted position ready for ringing

Setverb

cause (a hen) to sit on eggs

Setverb

put (a seed or plant) in the ground to grow

Setverb

put (a sail) up in position to catch the wind

Setverb

put or bring into a specified state

Setverb

cause (someone or something) to start doing something

Setverb

instruct (someone) to do something

Setverb

give someone (a task or test) to do

Setverb

establish as (an example) for others to follow, copy, or try to achieve

Setverb

establish (a record)

Setverb

decide on and announce

Setverb

fix (a price, value, or limit) on something

Setverb

adjust (a clock or watch), typically to show the right time

Setverb

adjust (an alarm clock) to sound at the required time

Setverb

adjust (a device) so that it performs a particular operation

Setverb

cause (a binary device) to enter the state representing the numeral 1.

Setverb

harden into a solid or semi-solid state

Setverb

arrange (the hair) while damp so that it dries in the required style

Setverb

put parts of (a broken or dislocated bone or limb) into the correct position for healing

Setverb

(of a bone) be restored to its normal condition by knitting together again after being broken

Setverb

(with reference to a person's face) assume or cause to assume a fixed or rigid expression

Setverb

(of a hunting dog) adopt a rigid attitude indicating the presence of game.

Setverb

(of the sun, moon, or another celestial body) appear to move towards and below the earth's horizon as the earth rotates

Setverb

(of a tide or current) take or have a specified direction or course

Setverb

start (a fire)

Setverb

(of blossom or a tree) form into or produce (fruit)

Setverb

(of fruit) develop from blossom

Setverb

(of a plant) produce (seed)

Setverb

sit

Setverb

group (pupils or students) in sets according to ability.

Setnoun

a group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together

Setnoun

a collection of implements, containers, or other objects customarily used together

Setnoun

a group of people with common interests or occupations or of similar social status

Setnoun

a group of pupils or students of the same average ability in a particular subject who are taught together

Setnoun

(in tennis, darts, and other games) a group of games counting as a unit towards a match

Setnoun

(in jazz or popular music) a sequence of songs or pieces performed together and constituting or forming part of a live show or recording

Setnoun

a group of people making up the required number for a square dance or similar country dance.

Setnoun

a fixed number of repetitions of a particular bodybuilding exercise

Setnoun

a collection of distinct entities regarded as a unit, being either individually specified or (more usually) satisfying specified conditions

Setnoun

the way in which something is set, disposed, or positioned

Setnoun

the posture or attitude of a part of the body, typically in relation to the impression this gives of a person's feelings or intentions

Setnoun

short for mindset

Setnoun

a grudge

Setnoun

the flow of a current or tide in a particular direction

Setnoun

the inverted position of a bell when it is ready for ringing.

Setnoun

a setter's pointing in the presence of game.

Setnoun

the inclination of the teeth of a saw in alternate directions.

Setnoun

a warp or bend in wood, metal, or another material caused by continued strain or pressure.

Setnoun

a radio or television receiver

Setnoun

a collection of scenery, stage furniture, and other articles used for a particular scene in a play or film.

Setnoun

the place or area in which filming is taking place or a play is performed

Setnoun

an arrangement of the hair when damp so that it dries in the required style

Setnoun

a cutting, young plant, or bulb used in the propagation of new plants.

Setnoun

a young fruit that has just formed.

Setnoun

the last coat of plaster on a wall.

Setnoun

the amount of spacing in type controlling the distance between letters.

Setnoun

the width of a piece of type.

Setnoun

variant spelling of sett

Setnoun

another term for plant (sense 4 of the noun)

Setadjective

fixed or arranged in advance

Setadjective

(of a view or habit) unlikely to change

Setadjective

(of a person's expression) held for an unnaturally long time without changing, typically as a reflection of determination

Setadjective

(of a meal or menu in a restaurant) offered at a fixed price with a limited choice of dishes

Setadjective

(of a book) prescribed for study as part of a particular course or for an examination

Setadjective

having a conventional or predetermined wording; formulaic

Setadjective

ready, prepared, or likely to do something

Setadjective

firmly opposed to

Setadjective

determined to do (something)