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Definitions for Seth

[1] the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25
[2] a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “substitute.”
[3] the brother and murderer of Osiris, represented as having the form of a donkey or other mammal and regarded as personifying the desert.
[4] Old Testament Adam's third son, given by God in place of the murdered Abel (Genesis 4:25)
[5] to put or place in position or into a specified state or condition to set a book on the table ; to set someone free
[6] (also intr; foll by to or on) to put or be put (to); apply or be applied he set fire to the house ; they set the dogs on the scent
[7] to put into order or readiness for use; prepare to set a trap ; to set the table for dinner
[8] (also intr) to put, form, or be formed into a jelled, firm, fixed, or rigid state the jelly set in three hours
[9] (also intr) to put or be put into a position that will restore a normal state to set a broken bone
[10] to adjust (a clock or other instrument) to a position
[11] to determine or establish we have set the date for our wedding
[12] to prescribe or allot (an undertaking, course of study, etc) the examiners have set ``Paradise Lost''
[13] to arrange in a particular fashion, esp an attractive one she set her hair ; the jeweller set the diamonds in silver
[14] (of clothes) to hang or fit (well or badly) when worn
[15] Also: set to music to provide music for (a poem or other text to be sung)
[16] Also: set up printing to arrange or produce (type, film, etc) from (text or copy); compose
[17] to arrange (a stage, television studio, etc) with scenery and props
[18] to describe or present (a scene or the background to a literary work, story, etc) in words his novel is set in Russia
[19] to present as a model of good or bad behaviour (esp in the phrases set an example, set a good example, set a bad example )
[20] (foll by on or by ) to value (something) at a specified price or estimation of worth he set a high price on his services
[21] (foll by at) to price (the value of something) at a specified sum he set his services at £300
[22] (also intr) to give or be given a particular direction his course was set to the East
[23] (also intr) to rig (a sail) or (of a sail) to be rigged so as to catch the wind
[24] (intr) (of the sun, moon, etc) to disappear beneath the horizon
[25] to leave (dough, etc) in one place so that it may prove
[26] to sharpen (a cutting blade) by grinding or honing the angle adjacent to the cutting edge
[27] to displace alternate teeth of (a saw) to opposite sides of the blade in order to increase the cutting efficiency
[28] to sink (the head of a nail) below the surface surrounding it by using a nail set
[29] computing to give (a binary circuit) the value 1
[30] (of plants) to produce (fruits, seeds, etc) after pollination or (of fruits or seeds) to develop after pollination
[31] to plant (seeds, seedlings, etc)
[32] to place (a hen) on (eggs) for the purpose of incubation
[33] (intr) (of a gun dog) to turn in the direction of game, indicating its presence
[34] Scot and Irish to let or lease to set a house
[35] bridge to defeat (one's opponents) in their attempt to make a contract
[36] a dialect word for sit
[37] set eyes on to see
[38] the act of setting or the state of being set
[39] a condition of firmness or hardness
[40] bearing, carriage, or posture the set of a gun dog when pointing
[41] the fit or hang of a garment, esp when worn
[42] the scenery and other props used in and identifying the location of a stage or television production, film, etc
[43] Also called: set width printing the width of the body of a piece of type the width of the lines of type in a page or column
[44] nautical the cut of the sails or the arrangement of the sails, spars, rigging, etc, of a vessel the direction from which a wind is blowing or towards which a tide or current is moving
[45] psychol a temporary bias disposing an organism to react to a stimulus in one way rather than in others
[46] a seedling, cutting, or similar part that is ready for planting onion sets
[47] a blacksmith's tool with a short head similar to a cold chisel set transversely onto a handle and used, when struck with a hammer, for cutting off lengths of iron bars
[48] See nail set
[49] the direction of flow of water
[50] a mechanical distortion of shape or alignment, such as a bend in a piece of metal
[51] the penetration of a driven pile for each blow of the drop hammer
[52] a variant spelling of sett
[53] fixed or established by authority or agreement set hours of work
[54] (usually postpositive) rigid or inflexible she is set in her ways
[55] unmoving; fixed a set expression on his face
[56] conventional, artificial, or stereotyped, rather than spontaneous she made her apology in set phrases
[57] (postpositive; foll by on or upon) resolute in intention he is set upon marrying
[58] (of a book, etc) prescribed for students' preparation for an examination
[59] a number of objects or people grouped or belonging together, often forming a unit or having certain features or characteristics in common a set of coins ; John is in the top set for maths
[60] a group of people who associate together, esp a clique he's part of the jet set
[61] maths logic Also called: class a collection of numbers, objects, etc, that is treated as an entity: 3, the moon is the set the two members of which are the number 3 and the moon (in some formulations) a class that can itself be a member of other classes
[62] any apparatus that receives or transmits television or radio signals
[63] tennis squash badminton one of the units of a match, in tennis one in which one player or pair of players must win at least six games Graf lost the first set
[64] the number of couples required for a formation dance a series of figures that make up a formation dance
[65] a band's or performer's concert repertoire on a given occasion the set included no new numbers a continuous performance the Who played two sets
[66] (intr) (in square dancing and country dancing) to perform a sequence of steps while facing towards another dancer set to your partners
[67] (usually tr) to divide into sets in this school we set our older pupils for English

Word origin for Seth

C14 (in the obsolete sense: a religious sect): from Old French sette, from Latin secta sect ; later sense development influenced by the verb set 1