set up in WordNet English dictionary

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

set up in English Wiktionary