Found 1 items, similar to set up.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: set up set up v 1: set up or found; “She set up a literacy program” [syn: establish, found, launch] [ant: abolish] 2: make by putting pieces together; “She pieced a quilt”; “He tacked together some verses” [syn: assemble, piece, put together , tack, tack together] [ant: disassemble] 3: construct, build, or erect; “Raise a barn” [syn: raise, erect, rear, put up] [ant: level] 4: get ready for a particular purpose or event; “set up an experiment”; “set the table”; “lay out the tools for the surgery” [syn: lay out, set] 5: put into a proper or systematic order; “arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order” [syn: arrange] [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] 8: produce; “The scientists set up a shockwave” [syn: effect, effectuate, bring about] 9: set up for use; “install the washer and dryer”; “We put in a new sink” [syn: install, instal, put in] 10: place; “Her manager had set her up at the Ritz” [syn: install, instal, establish] 11: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; “rig an election” [syn: rig] 12: erect and fasten; “pitch a tent” [syn: pitch] 13: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; “arrange my schedule”; “set up one's life”; “I put these memories with those of bygone times” [syn: arrange, put, order] 14: equip with sails, masts, etc.; “rig a ship” [syn: rig, set] 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, ready, gear up, set] set up adj : well established and ready to function; “things I can do now that I'm set up”