Dictionary definition · set up
verb
- set up or found"She set up a literacy program"
- create by putting components or members together"She pieced a quilt"
- construct, build, or erect"Raise a barn"
- get ready for a particular purpose or event"set up an experiment"
- put into a proper or systematic order"arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
- begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc."set up an election"
- take or catch as if in a snare or trap"I was set up!"
- produce"The scientists set up a shock wave"
- set up for use"install the washer and dryer"
- place"Her manager had set her up at the Ritz"
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit"rig an election"
- erect and fasten"pitch a tent"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).