verbWord forms: puts, putting or put (mainly tr)1. to cause to be (in a position or place)
to put a book on the table
2. to cause to be (in a state, relation, etc)
to put one's things in order
3. (foll by to) to cause (a person) to experience the endurance or suffering (of)
to put to death
to put to the sword
4. to set or commit (to an action, task, or duty), esp by force
they put us to work
5. to render, transform, or translate
to put into English
6. to set (words) in a musical form (esp in the phrase put to music)
7. (foll by at) to estimate
she put the distance at fifty miles
8. (foll by to) to utilize (for the purpose of)
he put his knowledge to good use
9. (foll by to) to couple a female animal (with a male) for the purpose of breeding
the farmer put the heifer to the bull
10. to state; express
to put it bluntly
11. to set or make (an end or limit)
to put an end to the proceedings
12. to present for consideration in anticipation of an answer or vote; propose
she put the question to the committee
I put it to you that one day you will all die
13. to invest (money) in; give (support) to
they put five thousand pounds into the project
14. to impart
to put zest into a party
16. not know where to put oneself
17. put paid to
18. stay put
noun19. a throw or cast, esp in putting the shot
20. Also called: put option stock exchange an option to sell a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified limited period
Compare call (sense 58) Word origin
C12
puten to push; related to Old English
potian to push, Norwegian, Icelandic
pota to poke