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Meaning of 'put' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Put
- 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth.
2 . Put [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Put
3 . Put [ n.]
- A pit.
- A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.
- The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball.
- A certain game at cards.
- 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.
- A prostitute.
4 . Put [ v. i.]
- To go or move; as, when the air first puts up.
- To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
- To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
5 . Put [ v. t.]
- 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).
- 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.
- To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression.
- To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
- 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.
- To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
- 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.
- To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway.

Meaning of 'put' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . put [ v]
Meaning (1):
- arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
Example in sentence:
  • arrange my schedule;
  • I put these memories with those of bygone times;
  • set up one's life
Meaning (2):
- attribute or give
Example in sentence:
  • He put all his efforts into this job;
  • She put too much emphasis on her the last statement;
  • The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story
Meaning (3):
- cause (someone) to undergo something
Example in sentence:
  • He put her to the torture
Meaning (4):
- formulate in a particular style or language
Example in sentence:
  • I wouldn't put it that way;
  • She cast her request in very polite language
Meaning (5):
- put into a certain place or abstract location
Example in sentence:
  • Place emphasis on a certain point;
  • Put your things here;
  • Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children;
  • Set the tray down
Meaning (6):
- make an investment
Example in sentence:
  • Put money into bonds
Meaning (7):
- adapt
Example in sentence:
  • put these words to music
Meaning (8):
- cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
Example in sentence:
  • put your ideas in writing;
  • That song put me in awful good humor
Meaning (9):
- estimate
Example in sentence:
  • We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.

Nearby Words:

put-off put-up putage putamen putanism putative putchuck puteal puteli putery

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