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putto /pŭtˈō/ noun (pl putti /pŭtˈē/) A plump, naked, very young boy, often winged, in Renaissance or Baroque art ORIGIN: Ital put1 /pŭt/ transitive verb (putting /pŭtˈing/; put)- To place, or cause to be, in such and such a position, state, predicament, relation, etc
- To set
- To place, lay or deposit
- To apply
- To append or affix
- To connect
- To add
- To commit
- To assign
- To start (someone on eg a diet, a study or a track)
- To push or thrust
- (also putt) to cast, throw or hurl (esp by a thrusting movement of the hand from the shoulder)
- To drive
- To impel
- To convey or transport
- To force or constrain
- To incite
- To subject
- To reduce
- To convert
- To render
- To express
- To assert
- To propound
- To submit to a vote
- To impose
- To impute
- To call on, oblige, stake, venture or invest
- To repose (eg trust, confidence)
intransitive verb- To thrust (archaic or Scot and N Eng)
- To proceed, make one's way (nautical)
- To set out, esp hurriedly
- To flow (US)
noun- A push or thrust
- (also putt) a throw, esp of a heavy object from the shoulder
- On the Stock Exchange, an option of selling within a certain time certain securities or commodities, at a stipulated price (also put option)
ORIGIN: Late OE putian (found in the verbal noun putung instigation); there were also potian and pȳtan, which may account for some of the dialect forms; cf Dan putte, Swed putta putter /pŭtˈər/ noun - Someone who puts
- Someone who pushes or hauls trams in a coalmine (historical)
puttˈing noun Putting the shot (qv below) putˈ-and-take noun A gambling game played with a top on which are marked instructions to give to or take from a bank or pool of objects putˈ-down noun - A snub
- An action intended to assert one's superiority
putˈ-in noun (rugby) The act of throwing the ball into a set scrum putˈ-off noun - An excuse or evasion
- A postponement
putˈ-on noun A hoax put option see put (n) above. puttˈer-on noun (Shakespeare) An instigator puttˈer-out noun (obsolete) Someone who deposited money on going abroad, on condition of receiving a larger sum on his return, if he ever returned putˈ-through noun A transaction in which a broker arranges the buying and the selling of shares puttˈing-stone noun A heavy stone used in putting the shot put-upˈ adjective Arranged beforehand in a false but deceptively plausible way put about - To publish or circulate
- To change the course of (esp a ship) or to change course
- To distress (Scot)
put across - To carry out successfully, bring off
- To perform so as to carry the audience with one
put an end (or a stop) to To cause to discontinue put away - To renounce
- To divorce
- To kill (esp an old or ill animal)
- To stow away, pack up or set aside
- To put into the proper or desirable place
- To imprison
- To admit to a mental hospital (informal)
- To eat or drink (informal)
put back - To push backward
- To delay
- To repulse
- To turn and sail back for port (nautical)
- To reduce one's finances (informal)
put by - To set aside
- To parry
- To store up
put case see under case2 put down - To crush or quell
- To kill (esp an old or ill animal)
- To snub or humiliate
- To degrade
- To snub, silence or confute (Shakespeare)
- To enter, write down on paper
- To reckon
- To attribute
- To give up (rare)
- To surpass or outshine
- To preserve, put in pickle (dialect)
- Of an aeroplane, to land (often with at)
- To pay (a deposit)
- To put (a baby) to bed (informal)
- To drop (a catch) (cricket)
put for To make an attempt to gain put forth - To extend
- To propose
- To publish
- To exert
- To display
- To lend at interest
- To set out from port
- To produce or extrude
put forward - To propose
- To advance
put in - To introduce
- To insert
- To lodge, deposit or hand in
- To make a claim or application (for)
- To enter
- To enter a harbour
- To interpose
- To perform towards completing a total
- To spend, pass or fill up (time) with some occupation
- To appoint
put in an appearance see under appear put in mind To remind put it across someone To defeat someone by ingenuity put it on To pretend (to be ill, etc) put it past someone (usu with not) to judge it inconsistent with someone's character put off - To lay aside
- To lay aside the character of
- To palm off
- To turn (someone) aside from what he or she wants or intends with evasions, excuses or unsatisfying substitutes
- To divert, turn aside from a purpose
- To postpone
- To idle away, spend in vain
- To disconcert
- To cause aversion or disinclination in
- To push from shore
- To take off (archaic)
- To dismiss (archaic)
put on - To clothe oneself or someone else with
- To assume (a character or quality), esp deceptively
- To mislead or deceive
- To superimpose
- To impose
- To affix, attach, apply
- To add (eg weight, charges, etc)
- To stake or wager
- To move forward
- To move faster (obsolete)
- To set to work
- To set in operation
- To incite
- To turn on the supply of
- To score
- To stage
- See also well put on below
put on to - To make aware of
- To connect with by telephone
put out - To expel
- To dismiss from a game and innings
- To send out
- To stretch out
- To extinguish
- To place (money) at interest
- To expand
- To publish
- To disconcert
- To inconvenience
- To offend
- To dislocate
- To exert
- To produce
- To place with others or at a distance
- To go out to sea, leave port
- To remove bodily or blind (an eye)
- To render unconscious (slang)
- (of a woman) to be willing to grant sexual favours (slang, orig N American)
put over - To refer (Shakespeare)
- To carry through successfully
- To impress an audience, spectators, the public, favourably with
- To impose, pass off
put paid to see under paid put the make on see under make1 put through - To bring to an end
- To accomplish
- To put in telephonic communication
- To cause to undergo or suffer
- To process (computing)
putting the shot, stone or weight The act or sport of hurling a heavy stone or weight from the hand by a sudden thrust from the shoulder (see also putt1) put to - To apply
- To add to
- To connect with
- To harness
- To shut
- To set to
put to death see under death put to it - To press hard
- To distress
put to rights see under right1 put to sea To begin a voyage put to the sword see under sword put two and two together To draw a conclusion from various facts put up - To accommodate with lodging
- To take lodgings
- To nominate or stand for election
- To offer for sale
- To present (eg a good game, a fight, or a defence, a prayer)
- To stake
- To parcel up
- To supply and pack (an order, a picnic, etc)
- To stow away, put aside
- To sheathe
- To settle beforehand
- To compound
- To endure tamely (obsolete)
- To start (a hare) from cover
put-up job A dishonest scheme prearranged usu by several people put upon - To take undue advantage of
- To impose on
put up to - To incite to
- To make conversant with, to supply with useful information or tips about
put up with To endure stay put To remain passively in the position assigned well put on or (Scot) well putten on Respectably dressed |