#1 set up v. set up or found; "She set up a literacy program". wn #2 set up v. create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee". wn #3 set up v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn". wn #4 set up v. get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery". wn #5 set up v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order". wn