set up

adj : well established and ready to function; "things I can do now

that I'm 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" [syn:

{assemble}, {piece}, {put 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" [syn: {lay out}]

5: put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the flowers

in the vase" [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 innocnet man was framed by the police" [syn: {ensnare},

{entrap}, {frame}]

8: cause to happen or occur; "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; of elections

[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.; of ships [syn: {rig}, {set}]

15: make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose

or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for

school!"; "prepare for war" [syn: {prepare}, {ready}, {gear

up}, {set}]