put

Speech parts

1. put - Noun

2. put - Verb

Meaning

A prostitute.

A pit.

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

A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.

of 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).

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.

To go or move; as, when the air first puts up.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

set place lay state position assign arrange cast bet impose commit submit pose locate fix
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Antonyms

rob take change need accepted transposition
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Hypernyms

use set word change subject move

Hyponyms

park nestle marshal set space position

Phrases with the word

put one's foot down put a sock in it put the brakes on put the cart before the horse put two and two together don't put all your eggs in one basket

Derivatives

put putting

Examples

arrange my schedule Source: Internet

set up one's life Source: Internet

I put these memories with those of bygone times Source: Internet

She put too much emphasis on her the last statement Source: Internet

He put all his efforts into this job Source: Internet

The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

puswa pusy puszta put a bet put a bit of effort put a block on