set-in

[ set-in ]

adjective

1. made separately and placed within another unit.

set in

verb

1. to become established

   the winter has set in

2. (of wind) to blow or (of current) to move towards shore

adjective

1. (of a part) made separately and then added to a larger whole

   a set-in sleeve

Word History and Origins

Origin of set-in¹

First recorded in 1525–35; adj. use of verb phrase set in

Example Sentences

Those wide seams in the whitewashed ceiling must mean the cracks due to a set-in door.

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In general the strongest flood does not set-in till Midsummer.

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"It's a set-in rain, and we're goin' to have a hard time," Hubert complained.

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Fine weather may, perhaps, have set-in in the interval in all parts of the mountains.

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