List vs. Set
Listnoun
A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
Listnoun
Material used for cloth selvage.
Listnoun
A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
Listnoun
The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
Listnoun
A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.
Listnoun
(architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
Listnoun
(carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
Listnoun
(ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
Listnoun
(tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
Listnoun
(obsolete) A stripe.
Listnoun
(obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.
Listnoun
(archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
Listnoun
(obsolete) Desire, inclination.
Listnoun
(architecture) A tilt to a building.
Listnoun
(nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
Listverb
(transitive) To create or recite a list.
Listverb
(transitive) To place in listings.
Listverb
(transitive) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
Listverb
(transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
Listverb
To plough and plant with a lister.
Listverb
To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
Listverb
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
Listverb
To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
Listverb
To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
Listverb
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
Listverb
To listen.
Listverb
To listen to.
Listverb
To be pleasing to.
Listverb
To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
Listverb
To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
Listverb
To tilt to one side.
Listnoun
A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.
Listnoun
Inclination; desire.
Listnoun
An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
Listnoun
A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet.
Listnoun
A limit or boundary; a border.
Listnoun
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
Listnoun
A stripe.
Listnoun
A roll or catalogue, that is, row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.
Listnoun
A little square molding; a fillet; - called also listel.
Listnoun
A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
Listnoun
A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
Listnoun
The first thin coat of tin.
Listverb
To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
Listverb
To hearken; to attend; to listen.
Listverb
To listen or hearken to.
Listverb
To desire or choose; to please.
Listverb
To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
Listverb
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.
Listverb
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.
Listverb
To enroll; to place or register in a list.
Listverb
To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
Listverb
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.
Listverb
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
Listverb
To plow and plant with a lister.
Listverb
In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.
Listnoun
a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)
Listnoun
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;
Listverb
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;
Listverb
include in a list;
Listverb
enumerate;
Listverb
cause to lean to the side;
Listverb
tilt to one side;
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)
