set up (
http://definr.com/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"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the
surgery" [syn:
lay out,
set]
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 innocent 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]