Put

/pʊt/ · verb

Meaning

To physically place (sth or sb swh)..

Definitions by Sense

1. To physically place (sth or sb swh).
2. To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.
3. To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).
4. To express (something in a certain manner).
5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
6. To set as a calculation or estimate.
7. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
8. (finance) To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option.

Example Sentences

She put her books on the table.

The police put him in a cell.

They put the new motorway right through the national park.

Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.

‘No. I only opened the door a foot and put my head in. The street lamps shine into that room. I could see him. He was all right. Sleeping like a great grampus. Poor, poor chap.’

The government put restrictions on vehicle imports.

I put £100 on the winning horse.

Don't put the blame on me.

Synonyms for put

Antonyms for put

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Word Forms

• puts
• putting
• put
• putten
• no-table-tags
• glossary
• puttest
• puttedst
• putteth
• -
• putt

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