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- DictionaryPut/po͝ot/
verb
- 1. move to or place in a particular position: "I put my hand out toward her"
- 2. bring into a particular state or condition: "they tried to put me at ease"
noun
- 1. a throw of a shot or weight.
- 2. short for put option
Definition of put verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
4 days ago · 1. to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position. to put a book on the shelf. 2. to bring into some relation, state, etc. to put everything in order. 3. to place in the charge or power of a person, institution, etc. to put a child in a special school.
to move something to a place or position: Where have you put the keys? She put her bag on the floor. You can put your coat in the car. He put his arm around her. Fewer examples. I put it in the cupboard. Someone had put poison in her drink. He put his arm around my shoulder. Jogging puts a lot of stress on your knee joints.
Definitions of put. verb. 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” see more. verb. put into a certain place or abstract location. “ Put your things here” synonyms: lay, place, pose, position, set. see more. verb. attribute or give.
1. To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table. 2. To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious manners put me at ease. 3. To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture. 4. To assign; attribute: They put a false interpretation on events. 5.
Put definition, to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: I put the book on the shelf. See more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English put /pʊt/ S1 W1 verb (past tense and past participle put, present participle putting) [ transitive] 1 move to place [ always + adverb/preposition] to move something to a particular place or position, especially using your hands SYN place He put the coffee on the table.
