| means | (verb) settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"
settle down, settle |
| means | (verb) put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"
set down |
| means | (verb) put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
fix, deposit, posit, situate |
| means | (verb) show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"
sit down, seat, sit |
| means | (verb) cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
position |
| means | (verb) set up for use; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
put in, install, set up, instal |
| means | (verb) put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
lay, put down, repose |
| means | (verb) put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"
set |
| means | (verb) cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"
place down, set down, put down |
| means | (verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
put forward, call down, stir, arouse, conjure up, evoke, invoke, call forth, raise, bring up, conjure |
| means | (verb) put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
plant, set |
| means | (verb) put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
arrange, set up |
| means | (verb) 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"
gear up, set, set up, ready, prepare, fix |
| means | (verb) perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
move, act |
| means | (verb) assign to a station
send, station, place, post |
| means | (verb) bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children"
parent, bring up, nurture, rear, raise |
| means | (verb) perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
perform |
| means | (verb) make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
create, make |
| means | (verb) give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
perform |
| means | (verb) create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
create, make |
| means | (verb) bring into a different state; "this may land you in jail"
land, bring |
| means | (verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
order, arrange, put, set up |
| means | (verb) alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels"
adjust, correct, set |
| means | (verb) build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
build, establish |
| means | (verb) institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
make, lay down, establish |
| means | (verb) raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
bring up, elevate, lift, raise, get up |
| means | (verb) make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
adapt, accommodate |
| means | (verb) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"
make, do, cause |
| means | (verb) put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state; "set the house afire"
set |
| means | (verb) cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"
put |
| means | (verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
have, induce, make, get, cause, stimulate |
| means | (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
do, behave, act |
| means | (verb) introduce; "This poses an interesting question"
pose, present |