put

Definitions of put in various dictionaries:

noun - the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

verb - put into a certain place or abstract location

verb - cause to be in a certain state

verb - formulate in a particular style or language

verb - attribute or give

verb - make an investment

verb - estimate

verb - cause (someone) to undergo something

verb - adapt

verb - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table.

To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious manners put me at ease.

To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.

To assign; attribute: They put a false interpretation on events.

To estimate: We put the time at five o’clock.

To impose or levy: The governor has put a tax on cigarettes.

To wager (a stake); bet: put $50 on a horse.

To hurl with an overhand pushing motion: put the shot.

To bring up for consideration or judgment: put a question to the judge.

To express; state: I put my objections bluntly.

To render in a specified language or literary form: put prose into verse.

To adapt: The lyrics had been put to music.

To urge or force to an action: a mob that put the thief to flight.

To apply: We must put our minds to it.

To begin to move, especially in a hurry.

To proceed: The ship put into the harbor.

An act of putting the shot.

Fixed; stationary: stay put.

To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: tried to put her views across during the hearing.

To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.

To re noun ce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.

To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.

To confine to a mental health facility.

To kill: The injured cat was put away.

To bury.

To write down.

To enter in a list.

To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.

To render ineffective: put down rumors.

To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.

Slang.

To criticize: Her parents put her down for failing the course.

To belittle; disparage: He tried to put down her knowledge of literature.

To humiliate: “Many status games seem designed to put down others” (Alvin F.

To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.

To attribute: Let’s put this disaster down to experience.

To consume (food or drink) readily; put away: puts down three big meals a day.

To grow: Plants put forth new growth in the spring.

To bring to bear; exert: At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.

To offer for consideration: put forth an idea.

To make a formal offer of: put in a plea of guilty.

To interpose: He put in a good word for me.

To spend (time) at a location or job: The inmate had put in six years at hard labor.

To plant: We put in 20 rows of pine trees.

To enter a port or harbor: The freighter puts in at noon.

To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.

To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.

To take off; discard: put off a sweater.

To repel or repulse, as from bad manners: His indifferent attitude has put us off.

To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.

To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on.

To apply; activate: put on the brakes.

To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.

Slang.

To add: put on weight.

To produce; perform: put on a variety show.

To extinguish: put out a fire.

To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.

To expel: put out a drunk.

To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.

To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.

To retire a runner.

To be sexually active.

To postpone; delay.

To put across, especially to deceive: tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.

To bring to a successful end: put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.

To cause to undergo: He put me through a lot of trouble.

To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.

To head for shore.

To erect; build.

To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.

To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.

To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.

To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.

To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.

To offer for sale: put up his antiques.

To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.

To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.

To o verb urden with tasks or work.

To put blame on.

To take unfair advantage of.

To finish off; put to rest: “We’ve given up saying we only kill to eat; Kraft dinner and freeze-dried food have put paid to that one” (Margaret Atwood).

To make final preparations for the printing of (a newspaper, for example).

To have to endure (something unpleasant) without complaining or take the action necessary to remove the source of the unpleasantry.

verb - to place in a particular position

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