|
English to English verb Example:
• She set up a literacy program
source: wordnet30
| 2 |
create by putting components or members together |
• She pieced a quilt
• He tacked together some verses
• They set up a committee
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
construct, build, or erect |
• Raise a barn
source: wordnet30
| 4 |
get ready for a particular purpose or event |
• set up an experiment
• set the table
• lay out the tools for the surgery
source: wordnet30
| 5 |
put into a proper or systematic order |
• arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order
source: wordnet30
| 6 |
begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. |
• set up an election
source: wordnet30
| 7 |
take or catch as if in a snare or trap |
• I was set up!
• The innocent man was framed by the police
source: wordnet30 Example:
• The scientists set up a shock wave
source: wordnet30 Example:
• install the washer and dryer
• We put in a new sink
source: wordnet30 Example:
• Her manager had set her up at the Ritz
source: wordnet30
| 11 |
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit |
• rig an election
source: wordnet30 Example:
• pitch a tent
source: wordnet30
| 13 |
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events |
• arrange my schedule
• set up one's life
• I put these memories with those of bygone times
source: wordnet30
| 14 |
equip with sails or masts |
• rig a ship
source: wordnet30
| 15 |
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
source: wordnet30
|