set

/set/ v [I/T] (present participle setting, past tense and past participle set) (BECOME FIXED)

Definition

› to cause something to become fixed or firm: [T] Have they set a date for the wedding yet? [I] Glue that sets quickly makes it easier to repair things. [T] The old man’s face was set in a continual scowl. › If you have your hair set, you have it arranged while it is wet so that it will stay in a particular style when it is dry. › If a stone is set, it is fixed in a piece of jewelry: [T] The blue stone was set in a gold ring. › When a broken bone is set, it is kept in a fixed position so that it can heal.

(Definition of set v (BECOME FIXED) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)