1. (verb)establish, set up, found, launch set up or found "She set up a literacy program"
2. (verb)assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together create by putting components or members together "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"
3. (verb)raise, erect, rear, set up, put up construct, build, or erect "Raise a barn"
4. (verb)set up, lay out, set get ready for a particular purpose or event "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"
5. (verb)arrange, set up put into a proper or systematic order "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
6. (verb)set up begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. "set up an election"
7. (verb)ensnare, entrap, frame, set up take or catch as if in a snare or trap "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"
8. (verb)effect, effectuate, set up produce "The scientists set up a shock wave"
9. (verb)install, instal, put in, set up set up for use "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink"
10. (verb)install, instal, set up, establish place "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
11. (verb)rig, set up arrange the outcome of by means of deceit "rig an election"
12. (verb)pitch, set up erect and fasten "pitch a tent"
13. (verb)arrange, set up, put, order arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
14. (verb)rig, set, set up equip with sails or masts "rig a ship"
15. (verb)fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set 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"