Wordnet 3.0
VERB (3)
1.
enter a particular state;
- Example: "Laziness set in"- Example: "After a few moments, the effects of the drug kicked in"[syn: set in, kick in]
2. blow toward the shore;
- Example: "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide"
3. become established;
- Example: "winter has set in"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
set in
v 1: enter a particular state; "Laziness set in"; "After a few
moments, the effects of the drug kicked in" [syn: set in,
kick in]
2: blow toward the shore; "That gale could set in on us with the
next high tide"
3: become established; "winter has set in"