Initialism of w:Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.
noun
(obsolete) Grace; favour.
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set
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adj
(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.
Fixed in one’s opinion.
Fixed in position.
Intent, determined (to do something).
Prearranged.
Ready, prepared.
Rigid, solidified.
noun
(UK, education) A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
(colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
(dance) The initial or basic formation of dancers.
(engineering) A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
(exercise) A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
(horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
(in plural, “sets”, mathematics, informal) Set theory.
(literally and figuratively) General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
(music) A drum kit, a drum set.
(music) A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
(obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
(piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
(poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
(printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
(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.
(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.
A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
A group of people, usually meeting socially.
A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
A punch for setting nails in wood.
A rudimentary fruit.
A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
A young oyster when first attached.
A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
Alternative form of sett: a hole made and lived in by a badger.
Alternative form of sett: pattern of threads and yarns.
Alternative form of sett: piece of quarried stone.
An object made up of several parts.
Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
The camber of a curved roofing tile.
The full number of eggs set under a hen.
The pattern of a tartan, etc.
The scenery for a film or play.
The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
verb
(Scotland) To suit; to become.
(UK, education) To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
(hunting, transitive, intransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
(intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
(intransitive) To solidify.
(intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
(intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
(intransitive, country dancing) To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
(intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
(masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
(obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
(obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
(obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
(transitive) To arrange (type).
(transitive) To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
(transitive) To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
(transitive) To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
(transitive) To determine or settle.
(transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.
(transitive) To fit (someone) up in a situation.
(transitive) To introduce or describe.
(transitive) To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
(transitive) To prepare (a stage or film set).
(transitive) To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
(transitive) To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
(transitive) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
(transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
(transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
(transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
(transitive, intransitive) To fit music to words.
(transitive, intransitive) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
(transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
To extend and bring into position; to spread.
To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
To place or fix in a setting.
To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
