Set vs Still - What's the difference?
set | still |
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.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
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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).
* , chapter=7
, 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
* Shakespeare
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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, title= Rigid, solidified.
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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(poker, slang) Three of a kind]] in poker. In [[w:community card poker, community card games, the term is usually reserved for a situation in which a pair in a player's hand is matched by a single card on the board. Compare with trips''. Weisenberg, Michael (2000) ''
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.
Not moving; calm.
Not effervescing; not sparkling.
Uttering no sound; silent.
* Addison
(not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
* {{quote-news, 2007, January 3, Gerry Geronimo, Unwanted weed starts to sprout from a wayward ponencia, Manila Standard
, passage=To follow the still President’s marching orders, all that Secretary Ronnie Puno has to do is to follow the road map laid out by Justice Azcuna in his “separate” opinion. }}
Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
* Bible, 1 Kings xix. 12
(obsolete) Constant; continual.
* Shakespeare
(aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
* Francis Bacon
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(degree) To an even greater degree.
* Shakespeare
(conjunctive) Nevertheless.
* Moore
(archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
* 1609 (William Shakespeare), Troilus and Cressida 5.2.201-202:
* Addison
* Boyle
(extensive) .
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(photography) A non-moving photograph. (The term is generally used only when it is necessary to distinguish from movies.)
(slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
A steep hill or ascent.
a device for distilling liquids.
(catering) a large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
(catering) the area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
to calm down, to quiet
* Woodward
* Shakespeare
* Hawthorne
(obsolete) To trickle, drip.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
To cause to fall by drops.
To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
As a numeral set
is seven.As a noun still is
.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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*still
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Related to (l).Alternative forms
* (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)- Still waters run deep.
- still''' water; '''still wines
- The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still .
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- a still small voice
- By still practice learn to know thy meaning.
Synonyms
* (not moving) fixed, stationary, unmoving * See alsoDerived terms
* stillnessAdverb
(-)- It hath been anciently reported, and is still received.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.}}
- ("still" and "taller" can easily swap places here)
- The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed.
- As sunshine, broken in the rill, / Though turned astray, is sunshine still .
- Lechery, lechery, still wars and lechery; nothing else holds fashion.
- The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private.
- Chemists would be rich if they could still do in great quantities what they have sometimes done in little.
Sarah Glaz
Ode to Prime Numbers, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}
Synonyms
* (up to a time) yet * (to an even greater degree) yet, even * (nevertheless) nonetheless, though, yetNoun
(en noun)- the still of the night
Etymology 2
Via (etyl), ultimately from (etyl) stillaNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia still)See also
* pot stillEtymology 3
(etyl) stillanVerb
(en verb)- to still the raging sea
- He having a full sway over the water, had power to still and compose it, as well as to move and disturb it.
- With his name the mothers still their babies.
- toil that would, at least, have stilled an unquiet impulse in me
Etymology 4
Aphetic form of distil, or from (etyl) (lena) stillare.Verb
(en verb)- any drop of slombring rest / Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright [...].
- (Tusser)