Synonyms of the word

prime

• adj. First in importance, degree, or rank.
• adj. First in time, order, or sequence.
• adj. First in excellence, quality, or value.
• adj. (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
• adj. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
• adj. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
• adj. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
• adj. Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
• adj. (obsolete) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
• n. (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
• n. (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
• n. (obsolete) The early morning generally.
• n. (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
• n. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
• n. The chief or best individual or part.
• n. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
• n. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword…
• n. (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
• n. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of…
• n. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
• n. The symbol ′.
• n. (chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element;…
• n. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
• n. (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
• v. (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
• v. (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
• v. (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
• v. (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes…
• v. To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
• v. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
• v. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
• v. (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
• n. (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.

adulthood

• n. The time of life when one is expected to take responsibility for one's own actions and well-being.

bloom

• n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
• n. Flowers, collectively.
• n. (uncountable) The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
• n. (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection,…
• n. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums,…
• n. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
• n. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
• n. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
• n. (mineralogy) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals.
• n. (cooking) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
• v. (transitive) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
• v. (transitive) To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
• v. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing…
• n. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.

blossom

• n. A flower, especially one indicating that a fruit tree is fruiting; (collectively) a mass of such flowers.
• n. The state or season of producing such flowers.
• n. (figuratively) A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise.
• n. The colour of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs.
• v. (intransitive) To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom.
• v. (intransitive) To begin to thrive or flourish.

choice

• n. An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
• n. One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
• n. Anything that can be chosen.
• n. (usually with the) The best or most preferable part.
• n. (obsolete) Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination, selectiveness.
• n. (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
• adj. Especially good or preferred.
• adj. (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
• adj. (obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.

efflorescence

• n. (chemistry) The formation of a powdery surface on crystals, as a hydrate is converted to anhydrous form…
• n. (botany) The production of flowers.
• n. (construction) An encrustation of soluble salts, commonly white, deposited on the surface of stone, brick,…
• n. (geology) An encrustation of soluble salts, deposited on rock or soil by evaporation; often found in arid…
• n. (figuratively) Rapid flowering of a culture or civilisation etc.
• n. (pathology) A redness, rash, or eruption on the skin.

fill

• v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
• v. To enter (something), making it full.
• v. (intransitive) To become full.
• v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
• v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
• v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
• v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
• v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
• n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
• n. An amount that fills a container.
• n. The filling of a container or area.
• n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
• n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
• n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
• n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
• n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

first

• adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
• adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
• adv. Before anything else; firstly.
• n. (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
• n. (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
• n. (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
• n. (countable, baseball) first base.
• n. (countable, Britain, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
• n. (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
• n. A fraction of an integer ending in one.
• n. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

flower

• n. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various…
• n. (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and…
• n. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
• n. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
• n. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
• n. (idiomatic) The best examples or representatives of a group.
• n. The best state of things; the prime.
• n. (obsolete) Flour.
• n. (in the plural, chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from…
• n. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
• n. (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
• n. (in the plural) Menstrual discharges.
• v. (intransitive) To put forth blooms.
• v. (intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
• v. (intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
• v. (intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
• n. (rare) Something that flows, such as a river.

flush

• n. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.
• v. (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
• v. (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
• adj. Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
• adj. Wealthy or well off.
• adj. (typography) Short for flush left and right; a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
• adj. Full of vigour; fresh; glowing; bright.
• adj. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
• n. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
• n. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
• n. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind;…
• n. Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
• n. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
• v. (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
• v. (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
• v. (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or…
• v. (transitive) To cause to blush.
• v. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
• v. (transitive) To excite, inflame.
• v. (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
• v. (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
• v. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
• v. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
• v. (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
• v. (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient,…
• v. (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which,…
• n. (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

ground

• n. (uncountable) The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
• n. (uncountable) Terrain.
• n. (uncountable) Soil, earth.
• n. (countable) The bottom of a body of water.
• n. Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
• n. Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
• n. Background, context, framework, surroundings.
• n. The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
• n. In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
• n. In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
• n. In etching, a gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from…
• n. (architecture, chiefly in the plural) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings…
• n. (countable) A soccer stadium.
• n. (electricity, Canada and US) An electrical conductor connected to the ground.
• n. (electricity, Canada and US) A level of electrical potential used as a zero reference.
• n. (countable, cricket) The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena…
• n. (music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually…
• n. (music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
• n. The pit of a theatre.
• v. (US) To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
• v. (transitive) To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing him/her to stay at home and/or give…
• v. (transitive) To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
• v. To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
• v. (baseball) to hit a ground ball; to hit a ground ball which results in an out. Compare fly (verb(regular))…
• v. (cricket) (of a batsman) to place his bat, or part of his body, on the ground behind the popping crease…
• v. (intransitive) To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
• v. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
• v. (fine arts) To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with…
• v. To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of grind.
• adj. Crushed, or reduced to small particles.
• adj. Processed by grinding.

heyday

• n. A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
• interj. A lively greeting.
• interj. (obsolete) An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.

mature

• adj. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
• adj. Profound; careful.
• adj. (obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
• v. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
• v. (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
• v. (transitive) To make something mature.
• v. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.

maturity

• n. The state of being mature, ready or ripe.
• n. When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin.
• n. (countable, finance) Date when payment is due.

meridian

• n. (geography) An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
• n. Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
• n. (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular…
• n. (mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
• n. (alternative medicine) Any of the pathways on the body along which the vital energy is thought to flow…
• n. The highest point, as of success, prosperity, etc.; culmination.
• n. (printing, US, dated) The size of type between double great primer and canon, standardized as 44-point.
• adj. Meridional; relating to a meridian.
• adj. Relating to noon.
• adj. Relating to the highest point or culmination.

number

• n. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
• n. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
• n. (countable, mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers,…
• n. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence…
• n. Quantity.
• n. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
• n. (countable, informal) A telephone number.
• n. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
• n. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
• n. (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
• n. (countable, informal) A person.
• n. (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
• n. (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
• n. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
• v. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
• v. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
• adj. comparative form of numb: more numb.

paint

• n. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds…
• n. (in the plural) A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting…
• n. (basketball, slang) The free-throw lane, construed with the.
• n. (uncountable, paintball, slang) Paintballs.
• n. (poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
• n. (computing, attributive) Graphics drawn using an input device, not scanned or generated.
• n. Makeup.
• v. (transitive) To apply paint to.
• v. (transitive) To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
• v. (transitive) To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
• v. (transitive) To create (an image) with paints.
• v. (intransitive) To practise the art of painting pictures.
• v. (transitive, computing) To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To depict or portray.
• v. (intransitive) To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
• v. (transitive, military, slang) To direct a radar beam toward.

peak

• n. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
• n. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
• n. (geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
• n. (geography) The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
• n. (nautical) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
• n. (nautical) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
• n. (nautical) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
• n. (mathematics) A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is…
• v. To reach a highest degree or maximum.
• v. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
• v. (intransitive) To become sick or wan.
• v. (intransitive) To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
• v. (intransitive) To pry; to peep slyly.
• v. Misspelling of pique.

period

• adj. Appropriate for a given historical era.
• adj. (of a film, or play, or similar) Set in and designed to evoke a particular historical period, especially…
• interj. (chiefly Canada, US) And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
• n. A length of time.
• n. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
• n. (now chiefly Canada, US) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
• n. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition…
• n. Female menstruation.
• n. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
• n. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
• n. (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
• n. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
• n. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic…
• n. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
• n. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
• n. (geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix:…
• n. (genetics) A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
• n. (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
• n. (mathematics) One of several similar sets of figures or terms usually marked by points or commas placed…
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.
• v. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to.

premier

• adj. Foremost; first or highest in quality or degree.
• n. (politics, Britain, Westminster system) The leader of the government in parliament and leader of the cabinet.
• n. (politics, non-Westminster) The government leader in a legislative congress or leader of a government-level…
• n. (nautical, slang) The first lieutenant or other second-in-command officer of a ship.
• n. (Australia, sporting) The champion team of a particular season (especially as used in Australian rules…
• v. To perform, display or exhibit for the first time.

prepare

• v. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
• v. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
• v. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
• v. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
• n. (obsolete) preparation.

prime

• adj. First in importance, degree, or rank.
• adj. First in time, order, or sequence.
• adj. First in excellence, quality, or value.
• adj. (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
• adj. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
• adj. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
• adj. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
• adj. Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
• adj. (obsolete) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
• n. (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
• n. (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
• n. (obsolete) The early morning generally.
• n. (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
• n. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
• n. The chief or best individual or part.
• n. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
• n. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword…
• n. (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
• n. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of…
• n. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
• n. The symbol ′.
• n. (chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element;…
• n. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
• n. (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
• v. (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
• v. (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
• v. (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
• v. (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes…
• v. To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
• v. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
• v. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
• v. (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
• n. (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.

prize

• n. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior…
• n. (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property…
• n. An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an…
• n. That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
• n. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
• n. A contest for a reward; competition.
• n. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. Also spelled prise.
• v. To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
• v. (obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
• v. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
• v. (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.
• adj. Having won a prize; award-winning.
• adj. first-rate; exceptional.

quality

• n. (uncountable) Level of excellence.
• n. (countable) A property or an attribute that differentiates a thing or person.
• n. (archaic) High social position. (See also the quality.).
• n. (uncountable) The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed…
• n. (thermodynamics) In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total…
• n. (emergency medicine, countable) The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI…
• adj. Being of good worth, well made, fit for purpose.

ready

• adj. Prepared for immediate action or use.
• adj. Inclined; apt to happen.
• adj. Liable at any moment.
• adj. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert.
• adj. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
• v. To make prepared for action.
• n. (slang) ready money; cash.

select

• adj. Privileged, specially selected.
• adj. Of high quality; top-notch.
• v. To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
• v. (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

set

• v. (transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
• v. (transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
• v. (transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
• v. (transitive) To determine or settle.
• v. (transitive) To adjust.
• v. (transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
• v. (transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
• v. (transitive) To introduce or describe.
• v. (transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
• v. (transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
• v. (transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (type).
• v. (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
• v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
• v. (intransitive) To solidify.
• v. (transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
• v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
• v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
• v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
• v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
• v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
• v. (hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
• v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
• v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
• v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
• v. To place or fix in a setting.
• v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
• v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
• v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
• v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
• v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
• v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
• v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
• v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
• v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
• v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
• n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
• n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
• n. Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
• n. Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
• n. Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
• n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
• n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
• n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
• n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending,…
• n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached…
• n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
• n. A young oyster when first attached.
• n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
• n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun).
• n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
• n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
• adj. Fixed in position.
• adj. Rigid, solidified.
• adj. Ready, prepared.
• adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
• adj. Prearranged.
• adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
• adj. (of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
• n. A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
• n. A rudimentary fruit.
• n. The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
• n. (literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
• n. A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 1, Noun.).
• n. A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
• n. An object made up of several parts.
• n. (set theory) A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order…
• n. (in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
• n. A group of people, usually meeting socially.
• n. The scenery for a film or play.
• n. (dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
• n. (exercise (sport)) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
• n. (tennis) A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
• n. (volleyball) The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
• n. (music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
• n. (music) A drum kit, a drum set.
• n. (Britain, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
• n. (poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is a on the board…
• v. (Britain, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability.

superior

• adj. Higher in quality.
• adj. Higher in rank.
• adj. More comprehensive, as a term in classification.
• adj. Located above.
• adj. Greater or better than average; extraordinary.
• adj. Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by; with to.
• n. A person of higher rank or quality.
• n. The senior person in a monastic community.

undercoat

• n. A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
• n. A coat of paint or other material applied onto a surface before that of a topcoat; a coloured primer.
• v. (transitive) To apply an undercoat to.