Set vs Keep - What's the difference?
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To put (something) down, to rest.
To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
* Bible, Genesis iv. 15
To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxviii. 1
* Bible, Matthew x. 35
* Coleridge
(dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
To determine or settle.
To adjust.
To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
To arrange with dishes and cutlery.
To introduce or describe.
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To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
To prepare (a stage or film set).
To fit (someone) up in a situation.
To arrange (type).
To devise and assign (work) to.
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, title= (volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
To solidify.
To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
(bridge) To defeat a contract.
To begin to move; to go forth.
* c. 1599 , (William Shakespeare),
(of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
* 1906 , Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Fruit Branch, Fruit crop report
(intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
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, title= To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
(hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
(obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
* Hammond
(ambitransitive) To fit music to words.
* Dryden
(ambitransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
* Old proverb
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
To place or fix in a setting.
* Dryden
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
(masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
* Shakespeare
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
* Dryden
* Wordsworth
(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at .
* Shakespeare
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To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
(Scotland) To suit; to become.
A punch for setting nails in wood.
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves; a radio or television.
A sett; a hole made and lived in by a badger.
(horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
(obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
(engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
(printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
A young oyster when first attached.
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
A series of, a group of.
Fixed in position.
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Ready, prepared.
Intent, determined (to do something).
Prearranged.
Fixed in one’s opinion.
(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
A rudimentary fruit.
The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
* Tennyson
* Shakespeare
(literally, and, figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
A matching collection of similar things.
A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
An object made up of several parts.
(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.
Set theory.
A group of people, usually meeting socially.
The scenery for a film or play.
(dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
(exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
* 1974 , Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding , page 22.
(tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
(volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
(volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
(music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
(music) A drum kit, a drum set.
(UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
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To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
* 2008 , Patricia Murphy, ?Robert McCormick, Knowledge and Practice: Representations and Identities
*:In setted' classes, students are brought together because they are believed to be of similar 'ability'. Yet, '''setted lessons are often conducted as though students are not only similar, but ''identical —in terms of ability, preferred learning style and pace of working.
* 2002 , Jo Boaler, Experiencing School Mathematics: Traditional and Reform Approaches and Their Impact on Student Learning
*:At Amber Hill, setting was a high-profile concept, and the students were frequently reminded of the set to which they belonged.
To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to maintain.
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*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:Both day and night did we keep company.
*(Tobias Smollett) (1721–1771)
*:within the portal as I kept my watch
To hold the status of something.
#To maintain possession of.
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#(lb) To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
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#(lb) To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
#(label) To remain in, to be confined to.
#*1605 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) , III.ii,
#*:The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves.
#To restrain.
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# To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
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#*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.viii:
#*:cursse on thy cruell hond, / That twise hath sped; yet shall it not thee keepe / From the third brunt of this my fatall brond.
#To supply with necessities and financially support a person.
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#(lb) To raise; to care for.
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#*1914 , Robert Joos, Success with Hens , Forbes & company, p.217:
#*:Of course boys are boys and need watching, but there is little watching necessary when they keep chickens.
#*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Steven Morris, work=(The Guardian), title=
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#To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:like a pedant that keeps a school
#*Sir (c.1564-1627)
#*:They were honourably brought to London, where every one of them kept house by himself.
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#*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
#To have habitually in stock for sale.
To hold or be held in a state.
#(lb) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
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#*:Knock at his study, where, they say, he keeps .
#To continue.
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#*:If the malt be not thoroughly dried, the ale it makes will not keep .
#(lb) To remain in a state.
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(lb) To wait for, keep watch for.
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*:And thenne whan the damoysel knewe certaynly that he was not syre launcelot / thenne she took her leue and departed from hym / And thenne syre Trystram rode pryuely vnto the posterne where kepte hym la beale Isoud / and there she made hym good chere and thanked god of his good spede
To act as wicket-keeper.
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To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
*(William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
*:Keep that the lusts choke not the word of God that is in us.
To be in session; to take place.
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(lb) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
*Bible, iv. 7
*:I have kept the faith.
*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:Him whom to love is to obey, and keep / His great command.
To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
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To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
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*:'Tis hallowed ground; / Fairies, and fawns, and satyrs do it keep .
(obsolete) Care, notice
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*:So Sir Gareth strayned hym so that his olde wounde braste ayen on bledynge; but he was hote and corragyous and toke no kepe , but with his grete forse he strake downe the knyght.
(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to , the word comes "from the Middle English term kype , meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
:He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep .
The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
*Spenser
*:Pan, thou god of shepherds all, / Which of our tender lambkins takest keep .
The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
:to be in good keep
(obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
*Spenser
*:Often he used of his keep / A sacrifice to bring.
(engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
As a numeral set
is seven.As a verb keep is
to continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to maintain.As a noun keep is
(obsolete) care, notice.set
English
Etymology 1
* From (etyl) . * From (etyl) .Verb
- I have set my heart on running the marathon.
- The Lord set a mark upon Cain.
- The Lord thy God will set thee on high.
- I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother.
- Every incident sets him thinking.
- to set a coach in the mud
- An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation.
- This crossword was set by Araucaria.
Finland spreads word on schools, passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting .}}
- to set milk for cheese
- The king is set from London, and the scene is now transported, gentles, to Southampton
- In the Annapolis Valley, in spite of an irregular bloom, the fruit has set well and has, as yet, been little affected by scab.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.}}
- The dog sets the bird.
- Your dog sets well.
- If he sets industriously and sincerely to perform the commands of Christ, he can have no ground of doubting but it shall prove successful to him.
- Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute.
- (Shakespeare)
- to set pear trees in an orchard
- Sow dry, and set wet.
- (Francis Bacon)
- The current sets''' to the north; the tide '''sets to the windward.
- to set a precious stone in a border of metal
- to set glass in a sash
- And him too rich a jewel to be set / In vulgar metal for a vulgar use.
- to set (that is, to hone) a razor
- to set a saw
- to set the sails of a ship
- to set a psalm
- (Fielding)
- to set a broken bone
- I have set my life upon a cast, / And I will stand the hazard of the die.
- High on their heads, with jewels richly set , / Each lady wore a radiant coronet.
- pastoral dales thin set with modern farms
- Be you contented, wearing now the garland, / To have a son set your decrees at naught.
- I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
- to set''' a good example; to '''set lessons to be learned
- It sets him ill.
Derived terms
* reset * set about * set against * set ahead * set apart * set-aside * set a spell * set back * set by * set down * set foot * set forth * set forward * set in * set in motion * set in stone * set off * set on * set on a pedestal * set on fire * set one’s heart on * set out * set straight * set the cat among the pigeons * set the scene * set the table * set to * set upNoun
(wikipedia set) (en noun)- nail set
- television set
- We will in France, by God's grace, play a set / Shall strike his father's crown into the hazard.
- That was but civil war, an equal set .
- the set of a spring
Adjective
(en adjective)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Synonyms
* determined, intent * (prearranged) dictated, prearranged, predetermined, prescribed, specified * (sense, fixed in one's opinion) fixed, rigidDerived terms
* heavyset, heavy-set * nail set * mindset * moonset * offset * outset * photoset * preset * quickset * set-aside * saw set * set back * setback * set chisel * set for life * sethood * set-in * setlist * setter * set-to * sunset * television set * thickset * trendsetter * typeset * unset * upsetEtymology 2
From (etyl) set, sete, . See (l).Noun
(en noun)- the set of day
- The weary sun hath made a golden set .
- Here and there, amongst individuals alive to the particular evils of the age, and watching the very set of the current, there may have been even a more systematic counteraction applied to the mischief. — Thomas De Quincey.
- a set of tables
- a set of tools
- a set of steps
- the country set
- This is the fourth set of benchpresses.
- He plays the set on Saturdays.
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Synonyms
* (close of the day) dusk, eve, evening, sundown, sunset * (general movement) direction, drift, heading, motion, movement, path, tendency, trend * (matching collection of similar things) suite * set theory * club, coterie * (scenery) scenery * (performance of several musical pieces) gig, session * (drum kit) drums, drum kit, drum set * (three of a kind) three of a kindHypernyms
* (set theory) multiset, bagDerived terms
* box set * bump set * closed set * country set * crystal set * drop set * empty set * filmset * * jet set * Mandelbrot set * open set * set of pipes * set piece * set point * set theory * subset * twinset * instruction setVerb
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Verb
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The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
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