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set

 
/set/ v [I] (present participle setting, past tense and past participle set) (MOVE DOWN)

Definition

(esp. of the sun or moon) to sink in the sky until it cannot be seen: The sun sets with a great show of color.
(Definition of set v (MOVE DOWN) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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