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What does put mean?

Definitions for put
pʊtput

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word put.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. put option, putverb

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

  2. put, set, place, pose, position, layverb

    put into a certain place or abstract location

    "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

  3. putverb

    cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation

    "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"

  4. frame, redact, cast, put, couchverb

    formulate in a particular style or language

    "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

  5. put, assignverb

    attribute or give

    "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

  6. invest, put, commit, placeverb

    make an investment

    "Put money into bonds"

  7. place, put, setverb

    estimate

    "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."

  8. putverb

    cause (someone) to undergo something

    "He put her to the torture"

  9. putverb

    adapt

    "put these words to music"

  10. arrange, set up, put, orderverb

    arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

    "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Putnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    The stag’s was a forc’d put, and a chance rather than a choice. Roger L'Estrange.

    Queer country puts extol queen Bess’s reign,
    And of lost hospitality complain. James Bramston.

    The fox’s put off is instructive towards the government of our lives, provided his fooling be made our earnest. Roger L'Estrange.

  2. To Putverb

    Etymology: of this word, so common in the English language, it is very difficult to find the etymology; putter, to plant, is Danish. Franciscus Junius.

    God planted a garden, and there he put a man. Gen. ii. 8.

    Speak unto him, and put words in his mouth. Ex. iv. 15.

    If a man put in his beast, and feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own shall he make restitution. Ex. xxii. 5.

    In these he put two weights. John Milton.

    Feed land with beasts and horses, and after both put in sheep. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    When he had put them all out, he entereth in. Mar. v. 40.

    Four speedy cherubims
    Put to their mouths the sounding alchimy. John Milton.

    Put all your other subjects together; they have not taken half the pains for your majesty’s service that I have. Roger L'Estrange.

    Before we will lay by our just born arms,
    We’ll put thee down, ’gainst whom these arms we bear,
    Or add a royal number to the dead. William Shakespeare.

    Put me in a surety with thee. Job xvii. 3.

    The stones he put for his pillows. Gen. xxviii. 11.

    He hath put my brethren far from me. Job xix. 13.

    As we were put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God. 1 Thes. ii. 4.

    They shall ride upon horses, every one put in array like a man to the battle against thee. Jer. l. 42.

    He put them into ward three days. Gen. xlii. 17.

    She shall be his wife, he may not put her away. Deut. xxii.

    Daniel said, put these two aside. Sus. v. 51.

    Having lost two of their bravest commanders at sea, they durst not put it to a battle at sea, and set up their rest wholly upon the land enterprize. Francis Bacon.

    This question ask’d puts me in doubt. John Milton.

    So nature prompts; so soon we go astray,
    When old experience puts us in the way. John Dryden.

    Men may put government into what hands they please. John Locke.

    He that has any doubt of his tenets, received without examination, ought to put himself wholly into this state of ignorance, and throwing wholly by all his former notions, examine them with a perfect indifference. John Locke.

    Declaring by word or action a sedate, settled design upon another man’s life, puts him in a state of war with him. John Locke.

    As for the time of putting the rams to the ewes, you must consider at what time your grass will maintain them. John Mortimer.

    If without any provocation gentlemen will fall upon one, in an affair wherein his interest and reputation are embarked, they cannot complain of being put into the number of his enemies. Alexander Pope.

    How wilt thou put thy trust on Egypt for chariots. 2 Kings.

    God was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him. 1 Chr. v. 20.

    Thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and wave them for a wave-offering. Ex. xxix. 24.

    A sinew cracked seldom recovers its former strength, or the memory of it leaves a lasting caution in the man, not to put the part quickly again to robust employment. John Locke.

    Thank him who puts me loth to this revenge. John Milton.

    When men and women are mixed and well chosen, and put their best qualities forward, there may be any intercourse of civility and good will. Jonathan Swift.

    Your goodliest young men and asses he will put them to his work. 1 Sam. viii. 16.

    No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke ix. 62.

    Rejoice before the Lord in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. Deut. xii. 18.

    Chymical operations are excellent tools in the hands of a natural philosopher, and are by him applicable to many nobler uses, than they are wont to be put to in laboratories. Boyle.

    The avarice of their relations put them to painting, as more gainful than any other art. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

    The great difference in the notions of mankind, is from the different use they put their faculties to. John Locke.

    I expect an offspring, docile and tractable in whatever we put them to. Tatler, №. 75.

    I do but keep the peace, put up thy sword. William Shakespeare.

    Put up your sword; if this young gentleman
    Have done offence, I take the fault on me. William Shakespeare.

    He put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods. Ex. xxii.

    Whatsoever cannot be digested by the stomach, is by the stomach either put up by vomit, or put down to the guts. Francis Bacon.

    It puts a man from all employment, and makes a man’s discourses tedious. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of Living Holy.

    A nimble fencer will put in a thrust so quick, that the foil will be in your bosom, when you thought it a yard off. Digby.

    A man, not having the power of his own life, cannot put himself under the absolute arbitrary power of another to take it. John Locke.

    Instead of making apologies, I will send it with my hearty prayers, that those few directions I have here put together, may be truly useful to you. William Wake.

    He will know the truth of these maxims, upon the first occasion that shall make him put together those ideas, and observe whether they agree or disagree. John Locke.

    When you cannot get dinner ready, put the clock back. Jonathan Swift, Directions to the Cook.

    There is great variety in men’s understanding; and their natural constitutions put so wide a difference between some men, that industry would never be able to master. John Locke.

    Cyrus made proclamation, and put it also in writing. 2 Chr.

    Whatsoever God doeth, nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it. Eccl. iii. 14.

    If we will rightly estimate things, we shall find, that most of them are wholly to be put on the account of labour. John Locke.

    That such a temporary life, as we now have, is better than no being, is evident by the high value we put upon it ourselves. John Locke.

    Marcellus and Flavius, for pulling scarfs off Cæsar’s images, are put to silence. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

    This dishonours you no more,
    Than to take in a town with gentle words,
    Which else would put you to your fortune. William Shakespeare.

    And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight. Lev. xxvi. 8.

    With well-doing, ye may put to silence foolish men. 1 Pet.

    The Turks were in every place put to the worst, and lay by heaps slain. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

    This scrupulous way would make us deny our senses; for there is scarcely any thing but puts our reason to a stand. Coll.

    Some modern authors, observing what straits they have been put to to find out water enough for Noah’s flood, say, Noah’s flood was not universal, but a national inundation. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    We see the miserable shifts some men are put to, when that, which was founded upon, and supported by idolatry, is become the sanctuary of atheism. Richard Bentley.

    Those that put their bodies to endure in health, may, in most sicknesses, be cured only with diet and tendering. Francis Bacon.

    The discourse I mentioned was written to a private friend, who put me upon that task. Boyle.

    He put to proof his high supremacy. John Milton.

    When the wisest counsel of men have with the greatest prudence made laws, yet frequent emergencies happen which they did not foresee, and therefore they are put upon repeals and supplements of such their laws; but Almighty God, by one simple foresight, foresaw all events, and could therefore fit laws proportionate to the things he made. Matthew Hale.

    We are put to prove things, which can hardly be made plainer. John Tillotson.

    Where the loss can be but temporal, every small probability of it need not put us so anxiously to prevent it. South.

    They should seldom be put about doing those things, but when they have a mind. John Locke.

    A man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold and silver, to find out every device which shall be put to him. 2 Chr. ii. 24.

    Put it thus —— unfold to Staius straight,
    What to Jove’s ear thou didst impart of late:
    He’ll stare. Dryden.

    The question originally put and disputed in publick schools was, whether, under any pretence whatsoever, it may be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate. Jonathan Swift.

    I only put the question, whether, in reason, it would not have been proper the kingdom should have received timely notice. Jonathan Swift.

    I put the case at the worst, by supposing what seldom happens, that a course of virtue makes us miserable in this life. Spectator, №. 576.

    Wo unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken. Hab. ii. 15.

    Solyman, to put the Rhodians out of all suspicion of invasion, sent those soldiers he had levied in the countries nearest unto Rhodes far away, and so upon the sudden to set upon them. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

    His highness put him in mind of the promise he had made the day before, which was so sacred, that he hoped he would not violate it. Edward Hyde.

    To put your ladyship in mind of the advantages you have in all these points, would look like a design to flatter you. William Temple.

    I broke all hospitable laws,
    To bear you from your palace-yard by might,
    And put your noble person in a fright. Dryden.

    The least harm that befalls children, puts them into complaints and bawling. John Locke, on Education.

    I am as much ashamed to put a loose indigested play upon the publick, as I should be to offer brass money in a payment. Dryden.

    Wherever he puts a slight upon good works, ’tis as they stand distinct from faith. Francis Atterbury.

    He has right to put into his complex idea, signified by the word gold, those qualities, which upon trial he has found united. John Locke.

    Watch and resist the devil; his chief designs are to hinder thy desire in good, to put thee by from thy spiritual employment. Taylor.

    A fright hath put by an ague fit, and mitigated a fit of the gout. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol.

    Basilius, in his old years, marrying a young and fair lady, had of her those two daughters so famous in beauty, which put by their young cousin from that expectation. Philip Sidney.

    Was the crown offer’d him thrice?
    —— Ay, marry, was’st, and he put it by thrice,
    Every time gentler than other. William Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar.

    Jonathan had died for being so,
    Had not just God put by th’ unnatural blow. Abraham Cowley.

    When I drove a thrust, home as I could,
    To reach his traitor heart, he put it by,
    And cried, spare the stripling. Dryden.

    How the ladies and I have put him down! William Shakespeare.

    The greedy thirst of royal crown
    Stirr'd Porrex up to put his brother down. Fa. Queen.

    The king of Egypt put Jehoahaz down at Jerusalem. 2 Ch.

    Sugar hath put down the use of honey; inasmuch as we have lost those preparations of honey, which the ancients had. Francis Bacon.

    With copper collars and with brawny backs,
    Quite to put down the fashion of our blacks. Dryden.

    We two saw you four set on four; mark now how a plain tale shall put you down. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

    Samson said, I will now put forth a riddle unto you. Judg.

    He put forth his hand, and pulled her in. Gen. viii. 9.

    An excellent observation of Aristotle, why some plants are of greater age than living creatures, for that they yearly put forth new leaves; whereas living creatures put forth, after their period of growth, nothing but hair and nails, which are excrements. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    He said, let th' earth
    Put forth the verdant grass, herb yielding seed,
    And fruit-tree yielding fruit. John Milton.

    I put not forth my goodness. John Milton.

    In honouring God, put forth all thy strength. Taylor.

    We should put forth all our strength, and, without having an eye to his preparations, make the greatest push we are able. Addison.

    Give me leave to put in a word to tell you, that I am glad you allow us different degrees of worth. Collier.

    Neither gods nor man will give consent,
    To put in practice your unjust intent. Dryden.

    None of us put off our cloaths, saving that every one put them off for washing. Nehem. iv. 23.

    Put off thy shoes from off thy feet. Ex. ii. 5.

    Ambition, like a torrent, ne'er looks back;
    And is a swelling, and the last affection
    A high mind can put off. Ben Jonson, Cataline.

    It is the new skin or shell that putteth off the old; so we see, that it is the young horn that putteth off the old; and in birds, the young feathers put off the old; and so birds cast their beaks, the new beak putting off the old. Francis Bacon.

    Ye shall die perhaps, by putting off
    Human, to put on gods; death to be wish'd. John Milton.

    I for his sake will leave
    Thy bosom, and this glory next to thee
    Freely put off, and for him lastly die. John Milton.

    Let not the work of to-day be put off till to-morrow; for the future is uncertain. Roger L'Estrange.

    When a man shall be just about to quit the stage of this world, to put off his mortality, and to deliver up his last accounts to God, his memory shall serve him for little else, but to terrify him with a frightful review of his past life. South.

    Now the cheerful light her fears dispell'd,
    She with no winding turns the truth conceal'd,
    But put the woman off, and stood reveal'd. Dryden.

    My friend, fancying her to be an old woman of quality, put off his hat to her, when the person pulling off his mask, appeared a smock-faced young fellow. Addison.

    Homer says he puts off that air of grandeur which so properly belongs to his character, and debases himself into a droll. , Notes on the Odyssey.

    The gains of ordinary trades are honest; but those of bargains are more doubtful, when men should wait upon others necessity, broke by servants to draw them on, put off others cunningly that would be better chapmen. Francis Bacon.

    I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius hopes to put me off with an harangue. Boyle.

    Some hard words the goat gave, but the fox puts off all with a jest. Roger L'Estrange.

    I do not intend to be thus put off with an old song. More.

    Do men in good earnest think that God will be put off so? Or that the law of God will be baffled with a lie cloathed in a scoff? South.

    This is a very unreasonable demand, and we might put him off with this answer, that there are several things which all men in their wits disbelieve, and yet none but madmen will go about to disprove. Richard Bentley.

    So many accidents may deprive us of our lives, that we can never say, that he who neglects to secure his salvation to-day, may without danger put it off to to-morrow. William Wake.

    He seems generally to prevail, persuading them to a con- fidence in some partial works of obedience, or else to put off the care of their salvation to some future opportunities. John Rogers.

    Upon these taxations,
    The clothiers all put off
    The spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers. William Shakespeare.

    The effects which pass between the spirits and the tangible parts, are not at all handled, but put off by the names of virtues, natures, actions, and passions. Francis Bacon.

    It is very hard, that Mr. Steele should take up the artificial reports of his own faction, and then put them off upon the world as additional fears of a popish successor. Jonathan Swift.

    Strangely visited people he cures,
    Hanging a golden stamp about their necks,
    Put on with holy pray'rs. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Give even way unto my rough affairs;
    Put not you on the visage of the times,
    And be like them to Percy troublesome. William Shakespeare.

    So shall inferior eyes,
    That borrow their behaviour from the great,
    Grow great by your example, and put on
    The dauntless spirit of resolution. William Shakespeare, King John.

    Rebekah took goodly raiment, and put them upon Jacob. Gen. xxvii. 15.

    If God be with me, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, then shall the Lord be my God. Gen. xxviii. 20.

    She has
    Very good suits, and very rich; but then
    She cannot put 'em on; she knows not how
    To wear a garment. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

    Taking his cap from his head, he said, this cap will not hold two heads, and therefore it must be fitted to one, and so put it on again. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

    Avarice puts on the canonical habit. Decay of Piety.

    Mercury had a mind to learn what credit he had in the world, and so put on the shape of a man. Roger L'Estrange.

    The little ones are taught to be proud of their cloaths, be- fore they can put them on. John Locke.

    I grow fearful,
    By what yourself too late have spoke and done,
    That you protect this course, and put it on
    By your allowance. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Say, you ne'er had don't,
    But by our putting on. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    Others envy to the state draws, and puts on
    For contumelies receiv'd. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

    This came handsomely to put on the peace, because it was a fair example of a peace bought. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    As danger did approach, her spirits rose,
    And putting on the king dismay'd her foes. Charles Montagu.

    I have offended; that which thou puttest on me, I will bear. 2 Kings xviii. 14.

    He not only undermineth the base of religion, but puts upon us the remotest error from truth. Brown.

    The stork found he was put upon, but set a good face however upon his entertainment. Roger L'Estrange.

    Fallacies we are apt to put upon ourselves, by taking words for things. John Locke.

    Why are scripture maxims put upon us, without taking notice of scripture examples which lie cross them. Francis Atterbury.

    The duke hath put on a religious life,
    And thrown into neglect the pompous court. William Shakespeare.

    Wise men love you, in their own despight,
    And, finding in their native wit no ease,
    Are forc'd to put your folly on to please. Dryden.

    There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest. Jonathan Swift.

    For the certain knowledge of that truth,
    I put you o'er to heav'n, and to my mother. William Shakespeare.

    Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? he that putteth not out his money to usury. Ps. xv. 5.

    To live retir'd upon his own,
    He call'd his money in;
    But the prevailing love of pelf,
    Soon split him on the former shelf,
    He put it out again. John Dryden, Horace.

    Money at use, when returned into the hands of the owner, usually lies dead there till he gets a new tenant for it, and can put it out again. John Locke.

    An old usurer, charmed with the pleasures of a country life, in order to make a purchase, called in all his money; but, in a very few days after, he put it out again. Addison.

    One hundred pounds only, put out at interest at ten per cent. doth in seventy years encrease to above one hundred thousand pounds. Josiah Child.

    The Philistines put out his eyes. Judg. xvii. 21.

    Wheresover the wax floated, the flame forsook it, till at last it spread all over, and put the flame quite out. Francis Bacon.

    I must die
    Betray'd, captiv'd, and both my eyes put out. John Milton.

    In places that abound with mines, when the sky seemed clear, there would suddenly arise a certain steam, which they call a damp, so gross and thick, that it would oftentimes put out their candies. Boyle.

    This barbarous instance of a wild unreasonable passion, quite put out those little remains of affection she still had for her lord. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 171.

    Trees planted too deep in the ground, for love of approach to the sun, forsake their first root, and put out another more towards the top of the earth. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    When she travailed, the one put out his hand. Gen.

    When they have overthrown him, and the wars are finished, shall they themselves be put out? Edmund Spenser.

    I am resolved, that when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. Luke xvi. 4.

    The nobility of Castile put out the king of Arragon, in favour of king Philip. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    You tell us, that you shall be forced to leave off your modesty; you mean that little which is left; for it was worn to rags when you put out this medal. Dryden.

    When I was at Venice, they were putting out curious stamps of the several edifices, most famous for their beauty or magnificence. Addison.

    There is no affectation in passion; for that putteth a man out of his precepts, and in a new case there custom leaveth him. Francis Bacon.

    From Ireland am I come,
    To signify that rebels there are up,
    And put the Englishmen unto the sword. William Shakespeare.

    There were no barks to throw the rebels into, and send them away by sea, they were put all to the sword. Francis Bacon.

    Such as were taken on either side, were put to the sword or to the halter. Edward Hyde.

    Soon as they had him at their mercy,
    They put him to the cudgel fiercely. Hudibras.

    What would'st thou write of me, if thou should'st praise me.
    —O gentle lady, do not put me to't,
    For I am nothing if not critical. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Lord Angelo dukes it well in his absence;
    He puts transgression to't. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Meas.

    They have a leader,
    Tullus Aufidius, that will put you to't. William Shakespeare.

    It is to be put to question in general, whether it be lawful for christian princes to make an invasive war, simply for the propagation of the faith? Francis Bacon.

    I was not more concern'd in that debate
    Of empire, when our universal state
    Was put to hazard, and the giant race
    Our captive skies were ready to embrace. Dryden.

    He took the opportunity of pursuing an argument, which had been before started, and put it to her in a syllogism. Add.

    They were actually making parties to go up to the moon together, and were more put to it how to meet with accommodations by the way, than how to go thither. Addison.

    The figures and letters were so mingled, that the coiner was hard put to it on what part of the money to bestow the inscription. Joseph Addison, on Ancient Medals.

    I shall be hard put to it, to bring myself off. Addison.

    Zelmane would have put to her helping hand, but she was taken a quivering. Philip Sidney.

    The carpenters being set to work, and every one putting to his helping hand, the bridge was repaired. Richard Knolles.

    It was spread abroad, that the king had a purpose to put to death Edward Plantagenet in the Tower. Francis Bacon.

    One Bell was put to death at Tyburn, for moving a new rebellion. John Hayward.

    Teuta put to death one of the Roman ambassadors; she was obliged, by a successful war, which the Romans made, to consent to give up all the sea coast. Arbuthnot.

    This last age has made a greater progress, than all ages before put together. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    I will indeed no longer endure it; nor am I yet persuaded to put up in peace what already I have foolishly suffered. William Shakespeare.

    It is prudence, in many cases, to put up the injuries of a weaker enemy, for fear of incurring the displeasure of a stronger. Roger L'Estrange.

    How many indignities does he pass by, and how many assaults does he put up at our hands, because his love is invincible. South.

    The Canaanitish woman must put up a refusal, and the reproachful name of dog, commonly used by the Jews of the heathen. Boyle.

    Nor put up blow, but that which laid
    Right worshipful on shoulder-blade. Hudibras.

    Such national injuries are not to be put up, but when the offender is below resentment. Addison.

    Hartshorn shaven, or in small pieces, mixed with dung, and watered, putteth up mushrooms. Francis Bacon.

    In town, whilst I am following one character, I am crossed in my way by another, and put up such a variety of odd creatures in both sexes, that they soil the scent of one another, and puzzle the chace. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

    Himself never put up any of the rent, but disposed of it by the assistance of a reverend divine to augment the vicar's portion. Henry Spelman.

    Why so earnestly seek you to put up that letter. William Shakespeare.

    The great preparation put the king upon the resolution of having such a body in his way. Clarendon, b. viii.

    Those who have lived wickedly before, must meet with a great deal more trouble, because they are put upon changing the whole course of their life. John Tillotson.

    This caution will put them upon considering, and teach them the necessity of examining more than they do. John Locke.

    It need not be any wonder, why I should employ myself upon that study, or put others upon it. Walter.

    He replied, with some vehemence, that he would under- take to prove trade would be the ruin of the English nation; I would sain have put him upon it. Addison.

    This put me upon observing the thickness of the glass, and considering whether the dimensions and proportions of the rings may be truly derived from it by computation. Newton.

    It banishes from our thoughts a lively sense of religion, and puts us upon so eager a pursuit of the advantages of life, as to leave us no inclination to reflect on the great author of them. Francis Atterbury.

    These wretches put us upon all mischief, to feed their lusts and extravagancies. Jonathan Swift.

    When in swinish sleep,
    What cannot you and I perform upon
    Th' unguarded Duncan? what not put upon
    His spungy officers, who shall bear the guilt
    Of our great quell? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    Christ will bring all to life, and then they shall be put every one upon his own trial, and receive judgment. John Locke.

    Jack had done more wisely, to have put himself upon the trial of his country, and made his defence in form. Arbuth.

  3. To Putverb

    The wind cannot be perceived, until there be an eruption of a great quantity from under the water; whereas in the first putting up, it cooleth in little portions. Francis Bacon.

    In fibrous roots, the sap delighteth more in the earth, and therefore putteth downward. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    An ordinary fleet could not hope to succeed against a place that has always a considerable number of men of war ready to put to sea. Addison.

    His fury thus appeas’d, he puts to land;
    The ghosts forsake their seats. Dryden.

    Order for sea is given;
    They have put forth the haven. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.

    No man is free,
    But that his negligence, his folly, fear,
    Amongst the infinite doings of the world,
    Sometimes puts forth. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tule.

    The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs. Cant. ii. 13.

    Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth in abundance, without any string of the nettles, and pot that earth, and set in it stock gilliflowers. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    Hirsute roots, besides the putting forth upwards and downwards, putteth forth in round. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    As went, the ship put in at Samos, where he continued the whole winter, singing at the houses of great men, with a train of boys after him. Alexander Pope.

    This is so grown a vice, that I know not whether it do not put in for the name of virtue. John Locke.

    They shall stand for seed; they had gone down too, but that a wise burgher put in for them. William Shakespeare.

    Although astrologers may here put in, and plead the secret influence of this star, yet Galen, in his comment, makes no such consideration. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    If a man should put in to be one of the knights of Malta, he might modestly enough prove his six descents against a less qualified competitor. Collier.

    As the hackney boat was putting off, a boy desiring to be taken in, was refused. Addison.

    Sir Francis Drake came coasting along from Cartagena, a city of the main land to which he put over, and took it. George Abbot.

    It is manifest, that the duke did his best to come down, and to put to sea. Francis Bacon.

    He warn’d him for his safety to provide;
    Not put to sea, but safe on shore abide. Dryden.

    They put to sea with a fleet of three hundred sail, of which they lost the half. Arbuthnot.

    With fresh provision hence our fleet to store,
    Consult our safety, and put off to sea. Alexander Pope.

    Upon the decease of a lion, the beasts met to chuse a king, when several put up. Roger L'Estrange.

    With this he put up to my lord,
    The courtiers kept their distance due,
    He twich’d his sleeve. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. put

    Put is a verb that generally means to place or position something or someone in a particular location or state. It involves physically or figuratively placing or arranging something in a specific position or situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Putnoun

    a pit

  2. Put

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

  3. Putnoun

    a rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person

  4. Put

    of Put

  5. Putverb

    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)

  6. Putverb

    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

  7. Putverb

    to attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression

  8. Putverb

    to lay down; to give up; to surrender

  9. Putverb

    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

  10. Putverb

    to incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige

  11. Putverb

    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

  12. Putverb

    to convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway

  13. Putverb

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

  14. Putverb

    to steer; to direct one's course; to go

  15. Putverb

    to play a card or a hand in the game called put

  16. Putnoun

    the act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball

  17. Putnoun

    a certain game at cards

  18. Putnoun

    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

  19. Putnoun

    a prostitute

  20. Etymology: [See Pit.]

Wikidata

  1. Put

    Put is a Croatian pop band from Rijeka. It was selected from members of Putokazi, in order to appear at 1993 Eurovision Song Contest as the very first representative of independent Croatia, singing "Don't Ever Cry". Members of the group were: Vivien Galletta, Angela Jelicic, Melita Sedic, Naim Ajra, Petar Cucak Migliaccio and Olja Desic.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Put

    pōōt, v.t. to push or thrust: to cast, throw: to drive into action: to throw suddenly, as a word: to set, lay, or deposit: to bring into any state or position: to offer: to propose: to express, state: to apply: to oblige: to incite: to add.—v.i. to place: to turn:—pr.p. putting (pōōt′-); pa.t. and pa.p. put.—n. a push or thrust: a cast, throw, esp. of a heavy stone from the shoulder (see Putting): an attempt: a game at cards: a contract by which one person, in consideration of a certain sum of money paid to another, acquires the privilege of selling or delivering to the latter within a certain time certain securities or commodities, at a stipulated price (see Options).—ns. Put′-off, -by, an excuse, a makeshift, evasion; Put′ter, one who puts.—Put about, to change the course, as of a ship: to put to inconvenience, trouble: to publish; Put an end, or stop, to, to check, hinder: cause to discontinue; Put away, to renounce, to divorce; Put back, to push backward: to delay: to say nay; Put by, to lay aside: to divert: to store up; Put down, to crush: to degrade: (Shak.) to confute: to enter, as a name: (rare) to give up: to start for; Put for, to set out vigorously towards a place; Put forth, to extend: to propose: to publish: to exert: to depart; Put in, to introduce: to hand in: to appoint: to insert: to conduct a ship into a harbour; Put in for, to put in an application or claim for; Put in mind, to bring to one's memory; Put off, to lay aside: to baffle or frustrate: to defer or delay: to push from shore: (Shak.) to discard; Put on, or upon, to invest: to impute: to assume: to promote: to instigate: to impose upon: to hasten: to inflict: to deceive, trick: to foist or palm upon; Put out, to expel, to extinguish: to place at interest: to extend: to publish: to disconcert: to offend: to expend: to dislocate; Put over (Shak.), to refer: to send: to defer: to place in authority; Put the case, Put case, suppose the case to be; Put the hand to, to take hold of: to take or seize: to engage in (any affair); Put this and that together, to infer from given premises; Put through, to bring to an end: to accomplish; Put to, to apply, use: to add to: to bring or consign to; Put to death, to kill; Put to it, to press hard: to distress; Put to rights, to bring into proper order; Put to sea, to set sail: to begin a voyage; Put to, or on, trial, to test: to try; Put two and two together, to draw a conclusion from certain circumstances; Put up, to startle from a cover, as a hare: to put back to its ordinary place when not in use, as a sword: to accommodate with lodging: to nominate for election: (with) to bear without complaint: to take lodgings; Put up to, to give information about, to instruct in. [A.S. potian, to push; prob. Celt., as Gael. put, W. pwtio.]

  2. Put

    put, n. a rustic, simpleton. [Perh. W. pwt, pytiau, any short thing.]

  3. Put

    put, n. a strumpet.—ns. Pū′tāge, a law phrase for a woman's fornication; Pū′tanism, the habit of prostitution. [O. Fr. pute, a whore.]

Editors Contribution

  1. put

    To place at a specific location.

    She always put her car keys at the same place every evening so she knew where they were.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PUT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Put is ranked #132206 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Put surname appeared 128 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Put.

    53.1% or 68 total occurrences were White.
    42.9% or 55 total occurrences were Asian.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'put' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #172

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'put' in Written Corpus Frequency: #102

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'put' in Verbs Frequency: #26

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  1. tup

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of put in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of put in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of put in a Sentence

  1. Mathieu Jaton:

    We try to create stories, put artists on the same stage the same night.

  2. Proverb:

    A fool may chance to put something into a wise man's head.

  3. Charlie Sheen:

    And I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about the( alleged) threatening the health of so many others, which couldn't be farther from the truth.

  4. Jay Rosen:

    I don’t think journalists should put their thumb on the scale for the Democrats because of how bad Donald Trump is. It’s not something that I believe. I’ve never written that. It’s not my point of view.

  5. Nina Turner:

    For far too long the African-American community has been the mistress of the Democratic Party. I'm gonna put that out there, i'm a proud Democrat. I am loyal, but I am not blindly loyal.

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