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Definition of 'PUT'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) put
to move (anything) into a specific location or position; place.

2.  put
to bring into some condition, relation, etc.:
to put affairs in order.

3.  put
to force to undergo something.

4.  put
to set to a duty, task, action, etc.

5.  put
to render or translate, as into another language.

6.  put
to provide musical accompaniment for (words); set.

7.  put
to assign or attribute:
to put the blame on others.

8.  put
to estimate (distance, time, etc.).

9.  put
to bet or wager.

10.  put
to express or state:
To put it honestly, I don't care.

11.  put
to apply (knowledge, skill, etc.) to a use or purpose.

12.  put
to submit for answer, consideration, etc.

13.  put
to impose (a tax, charge, etc.).

14.  put
to invest (money, resources, etc.).

15.  put
to throw or cast:
to put the shot.

16. (v.i.) put
to go or proceed:
to put to sea.

17.  put
to shoot out or grow, or send forth shoots or sprouts.

18.  put
put about,

19.  put
Naut. to change direction, as on a course.

20.  put
to turn in a different direction.

21.  put
put across,

22.  put
to cause to be understood or received favorably.

23.  put
to do successfully; accomplish.

24.  put
put aside or by,

25.  put
to store up; save.

26.  put
to put out of the way; place to one side.

27.  put
put away,

28.  put
to put in the designated place for storage.

29.  put
to save, esp. for later use.

30.  put
to discard.

31.  put
to drink or eat.

32.  put
put down,

33.  put
to write down; record.

34.  put
to enter in a list, as of contributors.

35.  put
to suppress.

36.  put
to attribute; ascribe.

37.  put
to regard or categorize:
He was put down as a chronic complainer.

38.  put
to disparage, humiliate, or embarrass.

39.  put
to pay as a deposit.

40.  put
to land an aircraft.

41.  put
put forth,

42.  put
to bear or grow:
trees putting forth green shoots.

43.  put
to propose; present.

44.  put
to exert.

45.  put
to set out; depart.

46.  put
put forward,

47.  put
to propose; advance.

48.  put
to nominate or support.

49.  put
put in,

50.  put
Also, put into.Naut. to enter (a port or harbor).

51.  put
to spend (time) as indicated.

52.  put
put in for, to apply for or request:
to put in for a transfer.

53.  put
put off,

54.  put
to postpone; defer.

55.  put
to get rid of by evasion or delay.

56.  put
to disconcert or perturb:
We were put off by the book's abusive tone.

57.  put
put on,

58.  put
to clothe oneself in.

59.  put
to assume or pretend.

60.  put
to produce or stage, as a show.

61.  put
Informal. to deceive (someone) as a joke; tease:
You're putting me on, aren't you?

62.  put
put out,

63.  put
to extinguish, as a fire.

64.  put
to be vexed or annoyed.

65.  put
to subject to inconvenience.

66.  put
Baseball, Softball, Cricket. to cause to be denied an opportunity to reach base or score; retire.

67.  put
to publish.

68.  put
to go out to sea.

69.  put
to manufacture; produce.

70.  put
put over,

71.  put
to accomplish successfully.

72.  put
put through,

73.  put
to complete successfully.

74.  put
to bring about; effect.

75.  put
to make a telephone connection for:
Put me through to Los Angeles.

76.  put
to make (a telephone connection):
to put a call through to Hong Kong.

77.  put
to cause to suffer or endure.

78.  put
put up,

79.  put
to construct; erect.

80.  put
to can (vegetables, fruits, etc.); preserve (jam, jelly, etc.).

81.  put
to set or arrange (the hair).

82.  put
to provide (money).

83.  put
to lodge.

84.  put
to propose as a candidate; nominate.

85.  put
to offer, esp. for public sale.

86.  put
to sheathe (one's sword).

87.  put
put upon, to impose upon.

88.  put
put up to, to incite.

89.  put
put up with, to tolerate.

90. (n.) put
a throw or cast, esp. with a forward motion of the hand.

Definition of 'PUT'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) put option, put
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

2. (verb) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
put into a certain place or abstract location
"Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

3. (verb) put
cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
"That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"

4. (verb) frame, redact, cast, put, couch
formulate in a particular style or language
"I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

5. (verb) put, assign
attribute or give
"She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

6. (verb) invest, put, commit, place
make an investment
"Put money into bonds"

7. (verb) place, put, set
estimate
"We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

8. (verb) put
cause (someone) to undergo something
"He put her to the torture"

9. (verb) put
adapt
"put these words to music"

10. (verb) arrange, set up, put, order
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
"arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

Definition of 'PUT'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) put
to move sth to a particular place
I put the book on the table.; Put the plants in the sun.; We have nowhere to put all these boxes.

2.  put
to attach sth to sth, or build sth on sth
I put new buttons on the coat.; They put an apartment building in the lot across the street.

3.  put
to cause to be in a particular situation
The bad economy put the store out of business.; new rules that put children at risk

4.  put
to write sth somewhere, or enter data into sth
I put his number into my cellphone.; Put a period at the end of the sentence.

5.  put
to place in a category, on a list, etc.
Getting outdoors is something I put high on my list of priorities.

6.  put
to make sb go to a place
They put the children in an orphanage.

7.  put
to say in a particular way
It's hard to explain - I'm trying to think how to put it.

8.  put
(let me) put it this way
indicates you are about to say sth true but slightly unkind
Let me put it this way, she's not a quiet person.

9.  put
put a stop/an end to
to cause to stop or end
A fall in the second round put an end to her hopes for an Olympic medal.

10.  put
I wouldn't put it past sb (to)
indicates you think sb is capable of doing sth bad, unhelpful, etc.
I wouldn't put it past him to let the secret out.

Definition of 'PUT'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) PUT
a pit

2. (noun) PUT
a rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person

3. (noun) PUT
the act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball

4. (noun) PUT
a certain game at cards

5. (noun) PUT
a privilege which one party buys of another to "put" (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date

6. (noun) PUT
a prostitute

7. PUT
3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth

8. PUT
of Put

9. (verb) PUT
to move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out)

10. (verb) PUT
to bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight

11. (verb) PUT
to attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression

12. (verb) PUT
to lay down; to give up; to surrender

13. (verb) PUT
to set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case

14. (verb) PUT
to incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige

15. (verb) PUT
to throw or cast with a pushing motion "overhand," the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight

16. (verb) PUT
to convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway

17. (verb) PUT
to go or move; as, when the air first puts up

18. (verb) PUT
to steer; to direct one's course; to go

19. (verb) PUT
to play a card or a hand in the game called put

Translation of 'PUT'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to place in a certain position or situation He put the plate in the cupboard; Did you put any sugar in my coffee?; He put his arm round her; I'm putting a new lock on the door; You're putting too much strain on that rope; When did the Russians first put a man into space?; You've put me in a bad temper; Can you put (=translate) this sentence into French?
Afrikaans: sit, omsit	Arabic: يَضَع	Bulgarian: слагам
Brazilian: pôr	Czech: dát, umístit, přivést, př	German: stellen, legen, tun
Danish: sætte; komme; lægge; send	Greek: τοποθετώ, βάζω	Spanish: poner, colocar
Estonian: panema	Farsi: گذاشتن	Finnish: panna
French: mettre	Hebrew: לַשִׂים	Hindi: रखना
Hungarian: (oda)tesz	Indonesian: menaruh	Icelandic: setja, láta; senda; þÿða
Italian: mettere	Japanese: 置く	Korean: 두다, 넣다, 걸치다, 달다, 올려 보내다,
Lithuanian: (pa)dėti, įdėti, paleisti	Latvian: likt; ielikt; palaist (ko	Malay: meletakkan; membubuh; mem
Dutch: zetten, plaatsen	Norwegian: sette, legge, ha i, putte	Polish: położyć, włożyć, przyłoży
Persian: گذاشتن	Pashto: كيښودل	Portuguese: pôr
Romanian: a pune	Russian: класть; ставить; выводить	Slovak: dať; položiť; priviesť; p
Slovenian: postaviti	Serbian: staviti	Swedish: ställa, sätta, lägga, ski
Thai: วาง	Turkish: koymak	Taiwanese: 放，擺
Ukrainian: (по)класти; (по)ставити	Urdu: رکھنا، دھرنا	Vietnamese: đặt; để
Chinese: 放，摆
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