12 of 100: Set

When I googled the English word with the most meanings, what came back was a simple one: set. 

It makes sense that it would be a simple word.

According to Merriam-Webster, set has 25 transitive-verb meanings (many of which have a, b, and c's), 11 intransitive-verb meanings, 24 noun meanings, and 7 adjective meanings—and then there are the phrases: set about, set apart, set aside; set eyes on, set foot in; all set. Et cetera. (Heh heh, see what I did there?)

But then there's the word sett. Three meanings, whew: (1) a young plant or rooted cutting ready for transplanting; (2) the burrow of a badger; (3) a rectangular paving stone of sandstone or granite. And it may also mean the particular pattern of stripes in a tartan, though that's between M-W and Dictionary.

This is what I love about English: the wildness, the unpredictability.