put
1. [ verb ] put into a certain place or abstract location
Synonyms: place set lay deposit situate position posit pose fix
Examples:

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

Related terms: move install settle arrange park lay seat insert plant misplace throw replace lean set_down sow superimpose space bury cock stand recess clap position juxtapose throw stick deposit glycerolize marshal butt poise rest ensconce set_down ground pillow misplace docket plant nestle bucket bottle emplace ship barrel imbricate middle sign intersperse postpose pile reposition superpose parallelize tee prepose shelve perch rack_up cram load trench pigeonhole bed coffin ladle upend set underlay appose step emplace siphon recline stratify repose jar raise assemble arrange postpone lay put_on communicate replace range land post drop imprison ensnare rig set_back disembark topographic_point position set space setting
2. [ verb ] put into a certain place or abstract location
Synonyms: place set lay position pose
Examples:

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

Related terms: move situate install settle arrange park lay seat plant replace misplace throw lean set_down sow superimpose space cock recess stand clap position stick throw juxtapose marshal set_down ground butt pillow docket ensconce poise rest misplace glycerolize stow pitch middle sign prepose postpose parallelize reposition barrel pile tee superpose bucket bottle coffin rack_up perch load bed cram trench appose jar shelve upend set ladle pigeonhole siphon repose intersperse raise assemble assemble arrange postpone postpone lay put_on communicate replace range range land post drop imprison ensnare rig set_back disembark set_back
3. [ verb ] cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
Examples:

"That song put me in awful good humor."

Related terms: change put_to_sleep follow_through dishearten can smother degrade put_away put_away put_through anesthetize anesthetize douse confuse anesthetize
4. [ verb ] formulate in a particular style or language
Synonyms: frame couch cast redact
Examples:

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

Related terms: formulate cast
5. [ verb ] put something on or into (abstractly) assign;
Synonyms: assign
Examples:

"She put 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"

Related terms: use repose
6. [ verb ] (stock exchange) make an investment
Synonyms: invest commit place
Examples:

"Put money into bonds"

Related terms: divest spend fund speculate tie_up roll_over shelter buy_into investing investor commitment
7. [ verb ] cause (someone) to undergo something
Examples:

"He put her to the torture"

Related terms: subject subject
8. [ verb ] (music) adapt
Examples:

"put these words to music"

Related terms: arrange music
9. [ verb ] estimate
Synonyms: place set
Examples:

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

Related terms: estimate
10. [ verb ] arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.
Synonyms: set_up order arrange
Examples:

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

Related terms: organize synchronize ordering
11. [ noun ] (writing) the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Synonyms: put_option
Related terms: call_option option straddle
Similar spelling:   putt
  putty
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