Put (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Meaning 2
Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Make an investment; "Put money into bonds".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 4
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".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 5
Adapt; "put these words to music".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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- Stand Up
- Set Up
- Sit Down
- Put In
- Place Upright
- Inclose
- Introduce
- Lay Over
- Thrust
- Set
- Instal
- Sit
- Repose
- Snuggle
- Seed
- Settle Down
- Posit
- Tee Up
- Rest
- Enclose
- Stick In
- Settle
- Deposit
- Put Back
- Glycerolise
- Superpose
- Fix
- Put Down
- Place Down
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Meaning 7
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".
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 8
Estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 9
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.