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Definition of Put
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Put
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. To steer; to direct one's course; to go. To play a card or a hand in the game called put. 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. A prostitute. Related Definitions:
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Put Quotations
See what I have to put up with every night? Sean Hannity We put a lot of work into three minutes. Dave Foley If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening. Marge Piercy I would put my million dollars up as well. James Randi Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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Put Translations
put in Afrikaans is sit put in Dutch is aanspannen put in Finnish is panna put in German is legen, bitte/legen, ausgeben, setzen, stellen put in Italian is mettere, posare, mettere, dare put in Latin is pono posui positum, colloco, loco put in Portuguese is colocar, posto, meter, por put in Spanish is sentar, meter |
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