"Delaney set the mug of tea down"

• be situated or fixed in a specified place or position

  "the village was set among olive groves on a hill"

• represent (a story, play, film, or scene) as happening at a specified time or in a specified place

  "a private-eye novel set in Berlin"

• mount a precious stone in (something, typically a piece of jewellery)

  "a bracelet set with emeralds"

• mount (a precious stone) in something

  "a huge square-cut emerald set in platinum"

• arrange (type) as required

  "the compositors refused to set the type for an editorial"

• arrange the type for (a piece of text)

  "article headings will be set in Times fourteen point"

• prepare (a table) for a meal by placing cutlery, crockery, etc. on it in their proper places

  "she set the table and began breakfast"

• move (a bell) so that it rests in an inverted position ready for ringing

  "the ringer gradually increases the swing until the bell is balanced or set"

• cause (a hen) to sit on eggs

  "you had to set the clucking hens"

• put (a seed or plant) in the ground to grow

  "I set the plants in shallow hollows to facilitate watering"

• put (a sail) up in position to catch the wind

  "a safe distance from shore all sails were set"

"the Home Secretary set in motion a review of the law"

• cause (someone or something) to start doing something

  "the incident set me thinking"

• instruct (someone) to do something

  "he'll set a man to watch you"

• give someone (a task or test) to do

  "schools will begin to set mock tests"

• establish as (an example) for others to follow, copy, or try to achieve

  "the scheme sets a precedent for other companies"

• establish (a record)

  "his time in the 25 m freestyle set a national record"

• decide on and announce

  "they set a date for a full hearing at the end of February"

• fix (a price, value, or limit) on something

  "the unions had set a limit on the size of the temporary workforce"

"set your watch immediately to local time at your destination"

• adjust (an alarm clock) to sound at the required time

  "I usually set my alarm clock for eight"

• adjust (a device) so that it performs a particular operation

  "you have to be careful not to set the volume too high"

• cause (a binary device) to enter the state representing the numeral 1

"cook for a further thirty-five minutes until the filling has set"

• arrange (the hair) while damp so that it dries in the required style

  "she had set her hair on small rollers"

• put parts of (a broken or dislocated bone or limb) into the correct position for healing

  "he lined up the bones and set the arm"

• (of a bone) be restored to its normal condition by knitting together again after being broken

  "children's bones soon set"

• (with reference to a person's face) assume or cause to assume a fixed or rigid expression

  "her features never set into a civil parade of attention"

• (of a hunting dog) adopt a rigid attitude indicating the presence of game

"the sun was setting and a warm red glow filled the sky"

"a fair tide can be carried well past Land's End before the stream sets to the north"

"the school had been broken into and the fire had been set"

"wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers"

• (of fruit) develop from blossom

  "once fruits have set, feed weekly with a high potash liquid tomato fertilizer"

• (of a plant) produce (seed)

  "the herb has flowered and started to set seed"

"the rest of them people just set there goggle-eyed for a minute"