What does Put on mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-onnoun

    a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

  2. fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-onnoun

    something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

  3. antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-onadjective

    a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

  4. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamverb

    adopted in order to deceive

    "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

  5. wear, put on, get into, don, assumeverb

    put clothing on one's body

    "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"

  6. put onverb

    add to something existing

    "She put on a sun room"

  7. put onverb

    put on the stove or ready for cooking

    "put on the tea, please!"

  8. put on, turn inverb

    carry out (performances)

    "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"

  9. put onverb

    add to the odometer

    "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"

  10. mount, put onverb

    prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

    "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play"

  11. put on, applyverb

    apply to a surface

    "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"

  12. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one acrossverb

    fool or hoax

    "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

  13. gain, put onverb

    increase (one's body weight)

    "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

Wiktionary

  1. put onverb

    To don (clothing, equipment or the like).

  2. put onverb

    To fool, kid, deceive.

  3. put onverb

    To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretence.

  4. put onverb

    To play (a recording).

  5. put onverb

    To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.

  6. put onverb

    To perform for an audience.

Wikipedia

  1. Put On

    Put On is a song written and performed by American rapper Young Jeezy featuring hip hop recording artist Kanye West, taken from the former's third studio album, The Recession. The song was released as the album's lead single on June 3, 2008. The song received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.

Wikidata

  1. Put on

    Put On is a musical recording by rapper Young Jeezy.

Editors Contribution

  1. put on

    To place.

    We put on our running shoes to come out for a run.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2021  

Anagrams for Put on »

  1. unpot

  2. upon't

  3. Upton

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Put on in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Put on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Put on in a Sentence

  1. Danish proverb:

    If three people say you are an ass, put on a bridle.

  2. Amy Poehler:

    Mike Schur is currently working on about five shows, whenever Mike is ready, I'll put on my suit again for sure.

  3. Senator Edward Markey:

    Cynthia and Victor Liu are two promising young people have had their lives put on hold while being forced to remain in a country where they face regular surveillance, harassment, and threats from Chinese authorities.

  4. Shohei Ohtani:

    Honestly, I felt like it was going to be gone off the bat, i thought it was one of the better swings I’ve put on the ball this season. And I feel like the wind brought it back a little bit. That might’ve had something to do with it. I was happy with the approach but didn’t get the right results.

  5. Leonardo DaVinci:

    Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.


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