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English Dictionary: setting	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for setting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
setting n the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" Synonym(s): setting, scene the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting" Synonym(s): setting, background, scope arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted Synonym(s): mise en scene, stage setting, setting the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" Synonym(s): context, circumstance, setting the physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat" a table service for one person; "a place setting of sterling flatware" Synonym(s): place setting, setting a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount" Synonym(s): mount, setting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Set \Set\ (s[ecr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[84]tta, Dan. s[?]tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E. sit. [root]154. See {Sit}, and cf. {Seize}.] 1. 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. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. 2. Hence, to attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place. Set your affection on things above. --Col. iii. 2. The Lord set a mark upon Cain. --Gen. iv. 15. 3. 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. The Lord thy God will set thee on high. --Deut. xxviii. 1. I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother. --Matt. x. 35. Every incident sets him thinking. --Coleridge. 4. To fix firmly; to make fast, permanent, or stable; to render motionless; to give an unchanging place, form, or condition to. Specifically: (a) 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. They show how hard they are set in this particular. --Addison. (b) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance. His eyes were set by reason of his age. --1 Kings xiv. 4. On these three objects his heart was set. --Macaulay. Make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint. --Tennyson. (c) To fix in the ground, as a post or a tree; to plant; as, to set pear trees in an orchard. (d) 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. And him too rich a jewel to be set In vulgar metal for a vulgar use. --Dryden. (e) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese. 5. To put into a desired position or condition; to adjust; to regulate; to adapt. Specifically:
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Setting \Set"ting\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sets; as, the setting of type, or of gems; the setting of the sun; the setting (hardening) of moist plaster of Paris; the setting (set) of a current. 2. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does; also, hunting with a setter. --Boyle. 3. Something set in, or inserted. Thou shalt set in it settings of stones. --Ex. xxviii. 17. 4. That in which something, as a gem, is set; as, the gold setting of a jeweled pin. {Setting coat} (Arch.), the finishing or last coat of plastering on walls or ceilings. {Setting dog}, a setter. See {Setter}, n., 2. {Setting pole}, a pole, often iron-pointed, used for pushing boats along in shallow water. {Setting rule}. (Print.) A composing rule.