to stop; to arrest by obstacles or difficulties. — To put to bed. (a) To undress and place in bed, as a
child. (b) To deliver in, or to make ready for, childbirth. — To put to death, to kill. — To put together,
to attach; to aggregate; to unite in one. — To put this and that (or two and two) together, to draw
an inference; to form a correct conclusion. — To put to it, to distress; to press hard; to perplex; to give
difficulty to. "O gentle lady, do not put me to 't." Shak. — To put to rights, to arrange in proper order; to
settle or compose rightly. — To put to the sword, to kill with the sword; to slay. — To put to trial, or
on trial, to bring to a test; to try. — To put trust in, to confide in; to repose confidence in. — To put
up. (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or resent; to put up with; as, to put up indignities.
[Obs.] "Such national injuries are not to be put up." Addison. (b) To send forth or upward; as, to put
up goods for sale. (d) To start from a cover, as game. "She has been frightened; she has been put
up." C. Kingsley. (e) To hoard. "Himself never put up any of the rent." Spelman. (f) To lay side or
preserve; to pack away; to store; to pickle; as, to put up pork, beef, or fish. (g) To place out of sight, or
away; to put in its proper place; as, put up that letter. Shak. (h) To incite; to instigate; — followed by
to; as, he put the lad up to mischief. (i) To raise; to erect; to build; as, to put up a tent, or a house. (j)
To lodge; to entertain; as, to put up travelers. — To put up a job, to arrange a plot. [Slang]
Syn. — To place; set; lay; cause; produce; propose; state. — Put, Lay, Place, Set. These words agree
in the idea of fixing the position of some object, and are often used interchangeably. To put is the least
definite, denoting merely to move to a place. To place has more particular reference to the precise
location, as to put with care in a certain or proper place. To set or to lay may be used when there is
special reference to the position of the object.
Put
(Put) v. i.
1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.
Dryden. 3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
To put about (Naut.), to change direction; to tack. — To put back (Naut.), to turn back; to return.
"The French . . . had put back to Toulon." Southey. — To put forth. (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate.
"Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth." Bacon. (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship.
Shak. — To put in (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port. — To put in for. (a) To make a request
or claim; as, to put in for a share of profits. (b) To go into covert; — said of a bird escaping from a hawk.
(c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for. Locke. — To put off, to go away; to depart; esp., to
leave land, as a ship; to move from the shore. — To put on, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently. —
To put over (Naut.), to sail over or across. — To put to sea (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to
advance into the ocean. — To put up. (a) To take lodgings; to lodge. (b) To offer one's self as a
candidate. L'Estrange. — To put up to, to advance to. [Obs.] "With this he put up to my lord." Swift.
— To put up with. (a) To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment, or resentment; as, to
put up with an injury or affront. (b) To take without opposition or expressed dissatisfaction; to endure; as,
to put up with bad fare.
Put
(Put) n.
1. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball. "A forced put." L'Estrange.
2. A certain game at cards. Young.
