put

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put[1,verb] put[2,noun] put[3,adjective] hard put put about put across put-and-take put away put by put-down

Main Entry: ¹put
Pronunciation: 'put
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): put; put·ting
Etymology: Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch poten to plant
transitive verb
1 a : to place in a specified position or relationship : LAY <put the book on the table> b : to move in a specified direction c (1) : to send (as a weapon or missile) into or through something : THRUST (2) : to throw with an overhand pushing motion <put the shot> d : to bring into a specified state or condition <a reapportionment...that was put into effect at the September primaries -- Current Biography> e : to prescribe a specified regimen for -- usually used with on <put her on medication> <put him on a diet>
2 a : to cause to endure or suffer something : SUBJECT <put traitors to death> b : IMPOSE, INFLICT <put a special tax on luxuries>
3 a : to set before one for judgment or decision <put the question> b : to call for a formal vote on <put the motion>
4 a (1) : to convey into another form <want to put my feelings into words> (2) : to translate into another language or style <put the poem into English> (3) : ADAPT <lyrics put to music> b : EXPRESS, STATE <putting it mildly>
5 a : to devote (oneself) to an activity or end <put himself to winning back their confidence> b : APPLY <put her mind to the problem> c : ASSIGN <put them to work> d : to cause to perform an action : URGE <put the horse over the fence> e : IMPEL, INCITE <put them into a frenzy>
6 a : REPOSE, REST <puts his faith in reason> b : INVEST 1 <put her money in the company>
7 a : to give as an estimate <put the time as about eleven> b : ATTACH, ATTRIBUTE <puts a high value on their friendship> c : IMPUTE <put the blame on the partners>
8 : BET, WAGER <put $2 on the favorite>
intransitive verb
1 : to start in motion : GO; especially : to leave in a hurry
2 of a ship : to take a specified course <put down the river>
- put forth
1 a : ASSERT, PROPOSE b : to make public : ISSUE
2 : to bring into action : EXERT
3 : to produce or send out by growth <put forth leaves>
4 : to start out
- put forward : PROPOSE <put forward a theory>
- put in mind : REMIND
- put one's finger on : IDENTIFY <put his finger on the cause of the trouble>
- put one's foot down : to take a firm stand
- put one's foot in one's mouth : to make a tactless or embarrassing blunder
- put paid to chiefly British : to finish off : bring an end to
- put the arm on or put the bite on : to ask for money
- put the finger on : to inform on <put the finger on...heroin pushers -- Barrie Zwicker>
- put the make on : to make sexual advances toward
- put to bed : to make the final preparations for printing (as a newspaper)
- put together
1 : to create as a unified whole : CONSTRUCT
2 : ADD, COMBINE
- put to it : to give difficulty to : press hard <had been put to it to keep up>