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单词 put on
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to put on
to put on
1. transitive. To place or set on or upon something; to lay on the top of something; to attach.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > be upon (something) [verb (transitive)] > place (a thing) upon
onlayOE
overlayOE
to put ona1382
overcast?a1400
dight1572
superimpose1712
superposit1742
superpose1798
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > attach or affix [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
fasta1225
tachec1315
to-seta1340
catcha1350
affichea1382
to put ona1382
tacka1387
to put to1396
adjoina1400
attach?a1400
bend1399
spyndec1400
to-tachc1400
affixc1448
complexc1470
setc1480
attouch1483
found?1541
obligate1547
patch1549
alligate1563
dight1572
inyoke1595
infixa1616
wreathe1643
adlige1650
adhibit1651
oblige1656
adent1658
to bring to1681
engage1766
superfix1766
to lap on1867
accrete1870
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxviii. 48 God..shal pute on anyrun ȝok opon þy scolle.
1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 290 To cary the pailȝoun treis..to the castel to put on the bandis and platis on thaim.
1530–1 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 111 And quhen he vas putand one this lok and bandis.
1613 J. Rovenzon Treat. Metallica sig. C2v When the top is put on, and when fastened and luted, it may then serue for the ventible to make the blast.
1697 in Mem. Alloa (1874) 66 To put on a tirlace gate, with lock and key thereto.
1747 R. Maxwell Pract. Bee-master 21 Let such as choise Straw, be sure to put it on thick.
1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer iii. 111 He hired a carpenter, who put on a roof and laid the floors.
1828 Sporting Mag. 23 33 His head is not well put on.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vii. 228 The slightest ‘flick’ or ‘crack’ [in throwing the line] will necessitate putting on a new fly.
1885 R. A. Proctor How to play Whist ii. 35 When King is led, second player, if he holds Ace, puts it on (‘covers’, is the technical expression).
1900 Engin. Mag. 19 678 The margin plates of the tank top are put on, and the tank-top plating itself.
1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ii. 42 There was only the de-icing paste to be put on, and the perspex to be polished for the night.
1984 C. Kightly Country Voices ii. 51 You've a pole from the front wheels to the cart-axle, and then you've your front wheels to put on: and then you put the top on.
2006 News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington) (Nexis) 21 Nov. e1 Pour into glass jars. Put lids on once the cream is cool.
2. spec.
a.
(a) transitive. To place (an item of clothing, footwear, headgear, etc.) on a part of the body, so as to be wearing it; to don. Also figurative. Cf. to put off 3a at Phrasal verbs 1.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on
to do oneOE
graitha1375
puta1382
to take on1389
to let falla1400
takea1400
to put on?a1425
endow1484
addressa1522
to get on1549
to draw on1565
don1567
to pull on1578
dight1590
sumpterc1595
to get into ——1600
on with1600
array1611
mount1785
to cast on1801
endoss1805
endue1814
ship1829
?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 138 (MED) Þen put on þe girdel and festen þe girdel wele.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 226 (MED) He did on his maister clothyng, & putt on his ryng on hys fynger.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 518 Unnethe he myght put on hys helme and take hys horse, but they were in hondis with hym.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xiii. 14 Put ye on the lorde Jesus Christ [Gk. ἐνδύσασθε].
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Ephes. vi. 11 Put on the armour of god.
1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 227 Not knowing how to put on a paire of hose, made his wife holde them with both her hands abroade.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxi. sig. E1 Hee has not put on the quaint Garbe of the Age.
1691 London Gaz. No. 2653/3 Then the King put on the Blue Ribon with the George.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xiv. 290 She..begged Joseph to conduct him into his own Apartment, where he should stay himself, till she had put her Clothes on. View more context for this quotation
1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. v. 271 Pray put on your hat.
1828 W. Sewell Oxf. Prize Ess. 80 Socrates..had done what he rarely did, washed, put on a pair of shoes, and blown his nose.
1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. vi. i. 268 It was a lovely May sunset, and the birch trees..had put on their new leaves.
1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out vii. 106 He put on his spectacles to contemplate the scene.
1949 C. P. Snow Time of Hope i. iii. 34 She was putting on a large straw hat.
1988 M. Gardiner Scattering Memories 129 When it was very late and time to go, I stood by the front door putting on my coat.
2006 New Yorker 9 Oct. 35/2 He..put on a helmet and a climbing harness, and ascended the other end of the rope.
(b) transitive. figurative. To take upon oneself, adopt, assume (a trait, habit, or manner). Cf. to put off 3b at Phrasal verbs 1.to put on airs: see air n.1 Phrases 1b.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > transform [verb (transitive)] > be transformed into
to put on1526
metamorphose1576
metamorphize1587
endenize1610
convert1934
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Coloss. iii. 9 Ye have put off the olde man with his workes, and have putt on the nue.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxiii This kyng..determined with hymself to put on the shape of a new man.
?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. A4v In Italie I put my knighthoode on.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 179 The Duke hath put on a Religious life. View more context for this quotation
1641 Ld. J. Digby Speech in Comm. 21 Apr. 3 Judges wee are now, and must put on another personage.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 206 In a style of waywardness so prettily put on, and managed, as to render it..ten times more poignant.
1781 D. Williams tr. Voltaire Dramatic Wks. II. 113 A young stripling..who puts on airs of gravity.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. i. 376 Whim..determined her to put on the stranger, and receive my compliments with..coldness.
1890 Harper's Mag. June 20/1 The streets had put on their holiday look.
1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 13/3 After I'd managed to put on a stiff upper lip she told me about my father's death and all.
1972 J. Gathorne-Hardy Rise & Fall Brit. Nanny iii. 74 Everybody has time to put on a look of good behaviour before she arrives.
2007 Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (Nexis) 2 Jan. Matt Damon cashes in his million-dollar smile and puts on a somber appearance.
(c) intransitive. Originally: †to put on a hat (obsolete). In later use (Scottish and Irish English): to dress, don clothing. Also (occasionally) in same sense. Now rare.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > in specific clothing
to cover (one's head)c1340
boot1600
to be covered1611
to put on1611
robea1626
cloak1774
wrap1847
tuck1888
gown1896
flannel1919
to suit up1927
to dress down1941
1611 G. Chapman May-day ii. i. 23 Tem. When your yong man came to me; I pray let him put on, vnlesse it be for your pleasure. Leo. He..can endure the cold well enough bare-headed.
1636 P. Massinger Great Duke of Florence i. i. sig. B2v Nay pray you Guardian, and good Sir, put on.
1788 A. Shirrefs Jamie & Bess ii. ii I thank you Branky, what's the news in town? Pit on, pit on; How's Simon?
1810 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border (new ed.) II. 93 O slowly, slowly, raise she up, And slowly put she on.
1853 W. Watson Poems 46 It chaws ye, my leddy, it chaws ye, I see, That ye canna pit on like my dochters an' me.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 265/1 Put on,..dress yourself.
b. transitive. To apply (make-up, cosmetics, etc.) to the face or body.
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a1625 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey (1647) i. i. 4 Bid the coy wench put on all her beauties, All her enticements, out-blush damask roses.
1715 S. Garth Claremont 91 When Dress was monstrous, and Fig-leaves the Mode, And Quality put on no Paint but Woade.
1778 J. R. Forster Observ. Voy. round World 591 The New-Zeeland ladies never failed to put on the same kind of rouge mixed with grease.
1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 452/2 He has put on his war-paint, and is prepared for death.
1875 M. D. Landon Eli Perkins 82 There's no use of my trying to dress without rouge. I do wish they would learn how to put on pearl white here—why, every wrinkle shows through.
1941 B. Miller Farewell Leicester Square vii. 154 She began to powder her face: putting on the stuff with a big lambskin puff.
1986 D. Hogan New Shirt i. 12 Her mouth was put on that day like a pagan red rose.
2001 Men's Health June 38/1 Put the cream on before bed.
c. transitive. To put (a kettle, pan, etc.) on a fire, stove, or other heat source.Later use with reference to kettles is sometimes indistinguishable from sense 7d.
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1750 S. Richardson Lett. Particular Friends (ed. 4) lxxvii. 109 She rung for the Maid, and bid her put on the Tea-kettle.
1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) iv. 23 Up gets auld Maggy..puts on the kettle, and maks her Yool sowens.
1827 Lady Marjorie in W. Motherwell Minstrelsy 235 'O wha will put on the pat,' they said, 'Or wha will put on the pan?'
1890 E. Favenc in C. Taylor Tales of Austral Tropics (1997) 66 He returned the stranger's greeting as a matter of course, and with the usual bush hospitality made up the fire and put the billy on.
1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe ii. 115 Sit down, will you Else? I'll blow up the fire and put on the kettle.
1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 154 Put a griddle (smooth side) or cast-iron pan on to get really hot.
d. transitive. To start to play (a record, compact disc, video, etc.).
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1919 ‘W. N. P. Barbellion’ Jrnl. Disappointed Man 82 Mugged about all day. Put on a gramophone record [etc.].
1926 J. M. March Wild Party (1928) ii. iii. 44 She stopped the Vic, And put on a record so blue it was sick.
1964 A. S. Byatt Shadow of Sun ix. 204 She put on a record of Ravel's Bolero , turned it up as loudly as possible, and decided to have a bath.
1999 Sun 27 Mar. i. 9/1 He gave her wine and put on a porn video.
2003 New Yorker 21 Apr. 64/3 He put on a Black Sabbath CD—‘post-Ozzie, I'm afraid’.
3. transitive. Apparently: to lay on, inflict (a blow). (In quot. figurative) Obsolete. rare.
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1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. i. 109 My Lady goes to kill hornes, but if thou marrie, hang me by the necke, if horns that yeere miscarrie. Finely put on . View more context for this quotation
4.
a. transitive. To urge onward, encourage; to incite, impel; (also) to promote, help to bring about. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate
stirc897
putOE
sputc1175
prokec1225
prickc1230
commovec1374
baitc1378
stingc1386
movea1398
eager?a1400
pokec1400
provokea1425
tollc1440
cheera1450
irritec1450
encourage1483
incite1483
harden1487
attice1490
pricklea1522
to set on1523
incense1531
irritate1531
animate1532
tickle1532
stomach1541
instigate1542
concitea1555
upsteer1558
urge1565
instimulate1570
whip1573
goad1579
raise1581
to set upa1586
to call ona1592
incitate1597
indarec1599
alarm1602
exstimulate1603
to put on1604
feeze1610
impulse1611
fomentate1613
emovec1614
animalize1617
stimulate1619
spura1644
trinkle1685
cite1718
to put up1812
prod1832
to jack up1914
goose1934
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)]
furtherc888
to bring onc1230
advancea1250
speeda1300
nourishc1300
avaunt1393
promotec1433
pasture?a1439
advantage?1459
promove1475
preferc1503
conduce1518
to set forth1528
to set forward(s)1530
to take forth1530
fillip1551
help1559
farther1570
foster1571
shoulder1577
to put forward1579
seconda1586
foment1596
hearten1598
to put on1604
fomentate1613
succeed1613
expeditea1618
producea1618
maturate1623
cultivate1641
encourage1677
push1693
forward1780
progress1780
admove1839
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 351 He was likely, had he beene put on, To haue prooued most royall. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) i. iv. 190 That you protect this course, and put it on [1608 put on] By your allowance.
a1643 J. Shute Sarah & Hagar (1649) 170 They haue put them on to the shedding of blood.
1689 G. Bulkeley People's Right to Election in Andros Tracts (1869) II. 86 Tis onely..my reall desire of the Common good which puts me on.
1721 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. (ed. 2) xvii. 792 Credit was more easily given afterwards to his Accusers,..and to others who affirm'd that they were put on to it by him.
b. intransitive. To go faster; to push forward, hasten on; to go on, proceed. Now rare (Scottish and English regional in later use).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > with persistence, effort, or urgency
shovec888
thringc893
thresta1225
wina1300
thrustc1330
pressa1375
throngc1440
wrestc1450
thrimp1513
to put forward1529
intrude1562
breast1581
shoulder1581
haggle1582
strivea1586
wrestle1591
to push on (also along)1602
elabour1606
contend1609
to put on?1611
struggle1686
worry1702
crush1755
squeege1783
battle1797
scrouge1798
sweat1856
flounder1861
pull?1863
tank1939
bulldozer1952
terrier1959
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with urgent speed
rempeOE
fuseOE
rakeOE
hiec1175
i-fusec1275
rekec1275
hastec1300
pellc1300
platc1300
startc1300
buskc1330
rapc1330
rapec1330
skip1338
firk1340
chase1377
raikc1390
to hie one's waya1400
catchc1400
start?a1505
spur1513
hasten1534
to make speed1548
post1553
hurry1602
scud1602
curry1608
to put on?1611
properate1623
post-haste1628
whirryc1630
dust1650
kite1854
to get a move on1888
to hump it1888
belt1890
to get (or put) one's skates on1895
hotfoot1896
to rattle one's dags1968
shimmy1969
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. 217 When none, though many kings put on [Gk. πολλῶν περ ἐόντων], could make his vaunt.
1653 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 12 I am clearly of opinion he will now very speedily put on to make himself or some other..to be elected K.
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 21 No stop nor halt in their way, but ever putting on.
1746 in G. Sheldon Hist. Deerfield, Mass. (1895) I. 548 I came up with Othniel Taylor, on horseback, and ordered him to put on faster.
1765 E. Kimber Maria (ed. 2) I. xi. 152 The Driver put on at a pretty great Rate as soon as he came into the great Road.
1811 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 31 447 If she walks, put on; if she puts on, run.
a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) 92 Put on, mak' in at him or he notice us.
1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 6 He put on a canny bit faster ner yan wad ha thowt wih sec a leead.
a1903 J. P. Kirk in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 656/1 S. Nottinghamshire When a got off the gress, a begun to put on.
c. transitive. To set (a timepiece) to show a later time; to move (the hands of a clock) forward; = to put forward 5 at Phrasal verbs 1. Also figurative.
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [verb (transitive)] > set
setc1400
temper1538
roll1583
rule1595
winda1616
to wind upa1616
to set forwarda1627
to set back1635
regulate1665
to put back1704
to put forward1741
to put on1826
time1873
1826 R. H. Froude in Remains (1838) I. 150 When the old covenanter, in the act of putting on the clock, was interrupted by the clatter of Claverhouse's horses.
1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming xl My belief, sir, is the clerks at Mortimer and Pennycuick's put on the time.
1891 F. W. Robinson Her Love & his Life v. i We can afford to put on the hands of the clock a few more weeks.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 710 I wanted to put on the old stupid clock to near the time.
1941 Times 8 May 5/5 As we have put on the clock another hour, the Post Office adjusts its activities accordingly.
2006 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 25 Mar. 9 When we put the clock on an hour next spring, let's keep it that way.
5. transitive. colloquial.
a. To affect, feign, pretend. Also with clause as object. Cf. sense 2a(b), and put-on adj. 1. to put it on: to pretend or exaggerate something (chiefly in progressive tenses).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)]
deceivec1330
defraud1362
falsec1374
abuse?a1439
fraud1563
visure1570
cozen1583
coney-catch1592
to fetch in1592
cheat1597
sell1607
mountebanka1616
dabc1616
nigglea1625
to put it on1625
shuffle1627
cuckold1644
to put a cheat on1649
tonya1652
fourbe1654
imposturea1659
impose1662
slur1664
knap1665
to pass upon (also on)1673
snub1694
ferret1699
nab1706
shool1745
humbug1750
gag1777
gudgeon1787
kid1811
bronze1817
honeyfuggle1829
Yankee1837
middle1863
fuck1866
fake1867
skunk1867
dead-beat1888
gold-brick1893
slicker1897
screw1900
to play it1901
to do in1906
game1907
gaff1934
scalp1939
sucker1939
sheg1943
swizz1961
butt-fuck1979
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, simulate, feign [verb (transitive)]
mitheeOE
bipechec1000
huec1000
feigna1300
unlikena1382
counterfeitc1400
pretend1402
dissimulec1430
dissimule1483
simule?a1500
semble1530
counterfeit1534
dissemblea1538
suppose1566
countenance1590
mock1595
assume1604
to put on1625
assimulate1630
personate1631
to take on1645
simulate1652
forge1752
sham1775
possum1850
to turn on1865
fake1889
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [phrase]
makec1275
to make wise1447
make as though?c1450
to let fare1483
to make a show ofa1500
to set a face1560
to take on (also upon) one(self)?1560
to make (a) miena1657
to make believe1773
to put it on1888
to play (the) fox1894
1625 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God 47 Some there may be, who..put on a show of religious deportment, at least, in the company of such as are ready and forward to commend their conformity and forwardnesse that way.
1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise iii. ii. 33 'Twas all put on that I might hear and rave.
1738 R. Courteville Mem Life & Admin. Baron Burleigh 15 The Lord Paget..was too much in the Interest of the Royal Family to be well with this great Duke, and too honest a Man to put on any feigned Submissions.
1788 J. Coopert tr. A. Berquin Children's Friend (new ed.) II. 133 George put on a feigned embarrassment at this reproof, which was another thing that he wanted.
1806 Lady Jerningham in Jerningham Lett. (1896) I. 270 The first days the Duke supposed the illness a little Put on.
1882 H. Caine Recoll. D. G. Rossetti iii. 117 He took the remonstrance with great good-nature (observing that he perceived I thought he was putting it on).
1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch x I wonder if he puts it on or if he deceives himself.
1949 D. Smith I capture Castle (U.K. ed.) xiv. 290 ‘We shall be ashamed of our callousness if father really is going off his head.’ ‘He isn't—he's putting it on or something.’
1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xxxix. 375 I put on I was giving the goofy idea some thought.
b. Originally U.S. To deceive, hoax (a person), esp. in a joking manner; to tease; to have (a person) on.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > exploit or take advantage of > specifically a person
to prey upon1610
impose1667
picaroon1681
live1712
to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748
to get over ——1784
exploit1838
to play (it) low down (on)1864
to avail upona1871
pole1906
to put on1958
1958 Amer. Speech 33 225 When a hipster puts someone on he is pulling his leg (perhaps putting him on a stage to be laughed at).
1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 vi. 167 Has it ever occurred to you, Oedipa, that somebody's putting you on? That this is all a hoax?
1986 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 5th Ser. Episode 5. 313 Rodney. Guess who's in charge of the project? Mickey. You' re putting me on!
1997 M. Fabi Wyrm ii. 36 He looked at me as if he was trying to figure out whether I was putting him on.
6. transitive. To add, make an addition of.
a. To develop additional (weight, flesh, fat, etc.). Also with it as object.In quot. 1626: to cause to take on (weight).
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [verb (transitive)] > fat or plump
farce14..
alarda1425
plum1561
enseam1562
lard1579
engross1587
impinguate1620
to put on1626
rotund1650
pinguedinize1656
bloat1677
to take ona1750
round1830
pinguefy1893
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum i. 9 (margin) Experiments Solitary touching the Condensing of Aire, in such sort as it may put on Weight [in plants], and yield Nourishment.
1832 S. A. Ferrall Ramble Six Thousand Miles x. 297 He seemed to have put on flesh, and looked somewhat more contented.
1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 ii. 580 [They] put on no meat until they were put up to feed.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 4 The woman returned..in a state of robust health, having put on a stone in weight.
1933 E. Hemingway Winner take Nothing (1934) 35 It's terrible..the way I put it on.
1967 A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy vii. 98 She had put on a lot of weight.
1997 Earth Matters Winter 30/1 Some turkeys put on 50 or 60 pounds if they are destined for the burger and turkey roll market.
b. To add or cause to be added (an amount) to a cost or price; (occasionally) to add to, put up (a price). to put it on (colloquial): to add to the price, to overcharge. Now rare.
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society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (intransitive)] > make excessive charges
to lay it ona1593
to stick it into1797
to put it on1843
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > increase (prices) > add to price
to put on1843
1843 G. P. R. James Commissioner xx. 122 ‘Very few customers will be fools enough to give twenty per cent. more for goods because they are exhibited behind plate-glass.’ ‘Pardonnez moi, monsieur,’ replied Joey in a sweet tone; ‘I believe they might put on thirty.’
1880 Times 14 May 6/1 Coals at 6s. to 7s. per ton are estimated to put 2s. on each quarter of wheat ground.
1890 H. James American i. 201 It will make them put on their price, sir!
1909 N.E.D. (at cited word) Half-a-crown for that job! They know how to put it on!
1939 Times 4 Mar. 7/6 These various increases added together would put on an additional 1s. 6d. a ton.
c. Sport (originally Cricket). To add (runs, points, etc.) to the score for one's team.
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society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > score
get1634
make1680
score1742
notch1836
steal1836
to put up1860
rattle1860
to put on1865
tally1875
net1907
to rack up1921
slam1959
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > play football [verb (transitive)] > add (goal) to score
to put on1865
1864 Times 17 Aug. 12/5 Before Mortlock left he had put on the score 55, ably gained.]
1865 Times 1 July 12/6 Sussex soon after commenced their second innings with 46 ‘on’, and were putting on runs fast.
1891 Standard 6 Nov. 6/5 After crossing over the visitors could only put on one more goal.
1921 Glasgow Herald 17 Oct. 13/7 In the second half P. R. Johnstone scored, and afterwards G. A. Able put on another for Stepps.
1975 Cricketer May 19/1 The opening pair put on 85 in the first 20 overs, a splendid rate on an extremely wet outfield.
1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 20 Mar. The Knights put on 12 points in the last minutes of the first half.
2006 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 7 Dec. Together..the duo had rebuilt India's wrecked innings and put on 115 runs in fairly quick time.
7. transitive.
a. To acquire additional (speed); to start to employ (a fast or faster pace).
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1648 J. Beaumont Psyche ii. lxxix. 19/1 Watchfull Charis..Now put on speed.
1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. i. 70 Put on thy utmost speed to head the Troops Which every moment I expect t'arrive.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. lxxix. 269 When we were within five miles of Harlowe-place, I put on a hand-gallop.
1773 H. Mackenzie Man of World II. xvi. 157 They put on a very quick pace, and in a short time Lucy imagined herself pretty safe from pursuit.
1892 Black & White 16 Jan. 78/1 The whole fleet put on good speed, and stood nearly due west.
1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. xvii. 262 He put on a fine turn of speed, and rang the bell.
1946 J. Masefield Poems 419 He put on pace down the Rood Hill Bend.
2000 A. Taylor Where Roses Fade (2003) xliv. 311 First came a few scattered but heavy drops. He put on speed, hoping to reach the Bull before the worst of the downfall.
b. To bring to bear (something intended to increase speed or effectiveness); to exert (a burst of effort).to put on steam: see steam n. 7d.
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1833 T. S. Fay Crayon Sketches II. 43 Just as the small bell had rung to put on the steam, the breeze slackened.
1867 Good Words 8 68/2 Now and then he even put on ‘a spurt’, as rowers say.
1955 Times 9 June 3/5 [He] slowed down perceptibly during the middle of the last lap, but he put on a burst round the last bend.
1962 ‘C. Marchant’ Heritage of Folly i. 10 If she wanted to get there before it was really dark she must put a spurt on.
1990 ‘B. Vine’ Gallowglass vi. 71 He couldn't put a spurt on and leave it behind because he had to keep in the slow lane.
c. To bring (a device or mechanism) into action, to activate; to cause to have effect; to apply (pressure, etc.) by operating a device or mechanism.Also figurative, in to put on pressure, the screw: see the nouns.
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the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)]
work1591
act1597
to put onc1842
operate1847
trip1897
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > bring into activity or activate
enter1563
inact1583
active1620
activate1624
yoke1630
animate1646
inactuate1651
to bring (also call, put) into (also in) play1799
to put onc1842
to bring on1860
mobilize1871
derepress1962
c1842 S. Smith Let. to Ld. J. Russell in Wks. (1859) II. 300/1 Gently down hill. Put on the drag.
1889 G. Allen Tents of Shem III. xxxviii. 62 The driver put on the brake quick and hard.
1902 F. T. Bidlake in Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Aug. 360/1 Any further brake pressure put on by the lever will remain locked on by the twisting handle.
1913 Times 2 Apr. 8/5 When the fireman shouted to me to stop I put on the regulator.
1990 N. Hill Death grows on You (1992) xv. 206 A small white car shot out of the Lodge gates in front of her at such speed that she had to put her brakes on suddenly.
d. To cause (esp. an electrical device) to begin to operate or function; to switch on, turn on.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > device to open or close circuit > connect or disconnect [verb (transitive)]
to turn on1824
disconnect1826
to turn down1855
switch1881
to put on1892
to turn off1892
key1929
1892 Times 1 Mar. 4/6 It now appeared the plaintiffs could not put on the electric current, consequently the defendants could get no light. Mr. Poole..said his company had no power to put on the light where the particular premises happened to be.
1909 Times 11 Jan. 6/4 The electric lamps suddenly went out... ‘Light; please put on the light; the dinner is getting cold,’ went the message over the telephone to the works.
1949 F. Towers Tea with Mr. Rochester (1952) 135 Florence put on the light and poked the banked-up fire.
1969 J. Gaskell Sweet Sweet Summer 151 I put on my torch because it is almost dark.
1989 W. McIlvanney Walking Wounded 178 He put on television and watched a programme for children.
2004 C. Bateman Driving Big Davie xxxi. 305 A pair of love bugs were mating on our windscreen. A few days ago I would have put the wipers on and squished them. Now I let them be.
8. transitive.
a. To set or appoint (a person) to work or an occupation, or to do something, esp. as a short-term measure, or to deal with a particular contingency. Also: to lay on (a train, etc.) to make a particular journey, or to accommodate additional passengers.
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society > occupation and work > working > [verb (transitive)] > set (person) to work
setc1175
put1608
to put on1822
to turn to1836
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > travel on (public vehicle) [verb (transitive)] > supply with public transport > appoint to make regular journeys
to put on1822
1822 Times 4 Apr. 4/2 (advt.) In consequence of the numerous applications having been made to him for the article, he has been induced to put on several additional hands, for the immediate supply of his present demands.
1831 W. E. Gladstone Diary 14 Nov. in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) I. i. iii. 78 I was only put on in eight books besides the Testament.
1858 Times 19 Nov. 5/5 One witness after another had proved that the General Company put on omnibuses wherever they had any.
1891 Standard 12 Mar. 3/3 It was only when the day was well advanced that men were put on to clean it up.
1935 N. L. McClung Clearing in West xl. 341 The C.P.R. put on an excursion train.
1964 Parade (Austral.) Mar. 47/2 They came in such numbers that the Austrian [sc. Wilhelm Reich] was forced to put on a staff of orgonomists.
2006 Indianapolis Star (Nexis) 26 Mar. 1 d For every single problem Toyota has, they put a team on to fix it.
b. Cricket. To send (a person) in to bowl.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (transitive)] > put in to bowl
to take the ball1832
to put on1845
to bring on1860
bowl1862
1845 Times 12 Aug. 4/5 The score increased rapidly, when Mr. Hartopp and Barker were put on to bowl.
1897 ‘Tivoli’ Short Innings vi. 95 ‘I can't bowl slows,’ expostulated Tuckett. ‘Then put someone else on,’ returned the inexorable senior.
1947 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 Oct. 14/1 Kenneth Weeks..was put on to bowl one over before the lunch interval.
1992 Wisden Cricket Monthly (BNC) Sept. 40 Love put himself on to bowl his offbreaks.
c. Hunting. To lay (a hound) on the scent.
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1846 W. Elliott Carolina Sports 132Put on the hounds, and they will soon tell who is right.’ We brought them to the trail.
1930 C. Frederick et al. Fox-hunting v. 59 Their hounds..will fly to their huntsman at the slightest word without having to be ‘put on’ to him by a whipper-in.
1938 Times 21 Mar. 4/6 The fox was seen to leave. Hounds were put on and ran..to Stinnon, where the fox went to ground again.
9. transitive. To stake or bet (a sum of money); to place (a bet). Originally in to put on the pot (also to put the pot on): (slang) to stake a large amount (cf. pot n.1 11a).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > bet on [verb (transitive)] > bet (money, etc.)
laya1300
wed1362
to lay downc1430
setc1460
jeopardc1470
wage1484
holda1500
pary?a1505
to stake down1565
stake1591
gagec1598
bet?a1600
go1607
wagera1616
abet1617
impone1702
sport1706
stand1795
gamble1813
parlay1828
ante1846
to put on1890
plunge1919
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang at Pot ‘I shall put on the pot at the July meeting’, signifies that the speaker will bet very high (at races), or up to thousands... Lord Abingdon once declared ‘I will put on the pot to-day’, and he did so with a vengeance.
1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xxiv. 250 Altamont put the pot on at the Derby, and won a good bit of money.
1890 Standard 21 July 4/4 The Defendant ‘put on’ for her 10l. upon Oberon for the Lincolnshire Handicap.
1910 J. Frankau Let Roof fall In i. 13 The little group who had been watching the race through their field-glasses shut them up with a cheery word or two. For nobody had ‘put the pot on’ for the Tally Ho, and it is always amusing when a fine rider like Jim gets thrown.
1953 Landfall 7 250 Put on a quid for me, for a place—I've got the hoot.
1981 S. McAughtry Belfast Stories i. 17 When the bet's put on, you would think the whole thing would be over and done with when the result comes in, wouldn't you?
2006 Mirror (Eire ed.) (Nexis) 24 July 10 At first, I'd just put on £100,..but then it started creeping up into the thousands.
10. intransitive. slang. Of a cab or its driver: to join a rank. Also with complement (indicating the position of the cab in the rank). Cf. to put on —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare.
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1864 Times 18 Nov. 9/5 A cabman named Francis Williams said he had been in the habit of ‘putting on’ at complainant's rank.
1930 ‘A. Armstrong’ Taxi xii. 164 A driver will say he ‘put on sixth cab at the so-and-so’, meaning he came on the so-and-so rank when there were only five other cabs there.
11. transitive. To impose (a fine or charge). Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > charges > [verb (transitive)] > impose as a charge
to charge1850
to put on1879
1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxi. 210 The fines were not fixed sums; the king could put on just what he liked.
1891 Daily Tel. 16 Jan. 5/3 If any ‘brother’ comes out with profane language we put on a nominal fine.
12. transitive. To stage (a play, opera, etc.); (more generally) to present or organize (a public entertainment or event).
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > stage [verb (transitive)]
enact1430
to set out1540
to bring (a person) on or to the stage1602
to bring on1768
to get up1782
to put up1832
stage1879
to put on1885
1885 J. K. Jerome On Stage 53 I have known a three-act comedy put on without any rehearsal at all, and with half the people not even knowing the patter.
1924 A. Huxley Let. 29 Apr. (1969) 229 Playfair..seems to think that it will make a very good entertainment and has some hopes of getting it put on for a run.
1951 M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael v. i. 239 If I had that hall I'd put on a Walkathon.
1990 D. Shekerjian Uncommon Genius iii. xiv. 215 Ellen was putting on a show a week on a stage the size of a table.
2006 New Musical Express 28 Jan. 21/1 We used to put on our own gigs down here with all our favourite local bands.
13. transitive. To pass (a person) a telephone in order to talk with someone who is on the line; to connect (a person) to another on the telephone.
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1924 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 14 Aug. 2 Yes, this is Underwood... All right. Put him on.
1969 N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xvi. 121 Ruth's here. I'll put her on in a sec.
1990 S. Schwartz Lives of Fathers (1991) 54 ‘She's still in her bathrobe.’ ‘Put her on.’ ‘She can't talk.’
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to put on ——
to put on ——
1. transitive. To entrust or commit to the ruling or verdict of. Chiefly (now only) reflexive. Frequently in to put oneself on one's (also the) country (see country n. 7). Now chiefly historical.In early use occasionally more generally: †to commit oneself to (obsolete).
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > submit to trial by jury
to put oneself on one's (also the) countrya1425
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > commit oneself to the verdict of
to put on ——a1425
to put upon ——a1470
a1425 Long Charter of Christ, C Text (Royal 17 C.xvii) (1901) l. 607 (MED) On holy wryte I may put me, Wedyre I be curtas or noȝt to þe.
c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 33 (MED) The tenaunt shal putten hym on God and on the oth of xij men goode, lawful, and trewe..which of hem hath more right to holden the tenement axed.
a1635 R. Sibbes Learned Comm. 2 Cor. i. (1655) xii. 303 When he [sc. Abraham] had put himself on God, and left his Countrey, and his fathers house, God guided him.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 532 The King being now resolved to live on his revenue, without putting himself on a Parliament, he was forced on a great reduction of expence.
1869 W. Longman Hist. Edward III I. ii. 39 Thomas de Berkeley, accused..‘put himself on his country’, and was consequently tried by a jury of twelve men.
1948 C. C. Olson & M. M. Crow Chaucer's World i. 16 Ralph denied any grounds for John's assault; they put themselves on the country.
1977 J. B. Given Society & Homicide 13th-cent. Eng. v. 97 One person who refused to put himself on a jury was returned to prison. Another man, who also refused to submit to a jury trial, was allowed to abjure the realm.
2002 Law & Hist. Rev. 20 19 A defendant who denied plaintiff's description of the covenant could put himself on a jury or wage his law to prove his denial.
2. intransitive. Scottish. To urge; to importune. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > urge or importune
depressc1400
nurnc1400
pressc1440
labourc1450
instancea1513
instanta1513
importune1530
to lie at, upon1535
apply1559
urge1568
importunate1574
ply1581
to put on ——?a1600
flagitate1623
besiege1712
earwig1804
bone1856
tout1920
S.O.S.a1936
opportune1941
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 368 How everie wyfe on vther puttis, Bidding the bischop pay for his guttis.
3. intransitive. Of a cab or its driver: to join (a rank). Cf. to put on 10 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare.
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1860 Times 9 June 11/5 He afterwards put on the rank on Holborn-hill, and then took a fare to the Waterloo Station.]
1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? 22 I decide to put on a hotel rank.
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