Search Result for "set up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (15)

1. set up or found;
- Example: "She set up a literacy program"
[syn: establish, set up, found, launch]

2. create by putting components or members together;
- Example: "She pieced a quilt"
- Example: "He tacked together some verses"
- Example: "They set up a committee"
[syn: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together]

3. construct, build, or erect;
- Example: "Raise a barn"
[syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up]

4. get ready for a particular purpose or event;
- Example: "set up an experiment"
- Example: "set the table"
- Example: "lay out the tools for the surgery"
[syn: set up, lay out, set]

5. put into a proper or systematic order;
- Example: "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
[syn: arrange, set up]

6. begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.;
- Example: "set up an election"

7. take or catch as if in a snare or trap;
- Example: "I was set up!"
- Example: "The innocent man was framed by the police"
[syn: ensnare, entrap, frame, set up]

8. produce;
- Example: "The scientists set up a shock wave"
[syn: effect, effectuate, set up]

9. set up for use;
- Example: "install the washer and dryer"
- Example: "We put in a new sink"
[syn: install, instal, put in, set up]

10. place;
- Example: "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
[syn: install, instal, set up, establish]

11. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit;
- Example: "rig an election"
[syn: rig, set up]

12. erect and fasten;
- Example: "pitch a tent"
[syn: pitch, set up]

13. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events;
- Example: "arrange my schedule"
- Example: "set up one's life"
- Example: "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
[syn: arrange, set up, put, order]

14. equip with sails or masts;
- Example: "rig a ship"
[syn: rig, set, set up]

15. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;
- Example: "Get the children ready for school!"
- Example: "prepare for war"
- Example: "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
[syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

set up
    v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn:
         establish, set up, found, launch] [ant: abolish,
         get rid of]
    2: create by putting components or members together; "She pieced
       a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a
       committee" [syn: assemble, piece, put together, set
       up, tack, tack together] [ant: break apart, break
       up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart]
    3: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise,
       erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle,
       level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear
       down]
    4: get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an
       experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the
       surgery" [syn: set up, lay out, set]
    5: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on
       the shelves in chronological order" [syn: arrange, set
       up] [ant: disarrange]
    6: begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by
       providing the means, logistics, etc.; "set up an election"
    7: take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The
       innocent man was framed by the police" [syn: ensnare,
       entrap, frame, set up]
    8: produce; "The scientists set up a shock wave" [syn: effect,
       effectuate, set up]
    9: set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a
       new sink" [syn: install, instal, put in, set up]
    10: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn:
        install, instal, set up, establish]
    11: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
        [syn: rig, set up]
    12: erect and fasten; "pitch a tent" [syn: pitch, set up]
    13: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my
        schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
        those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, put,
        order]
    14: equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set,
        set up]
    15: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular
        purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready
        for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town
        after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set
        up, ready, gear up, set]