Put Definition

po͝ot

puts, putting

verb

puts, putting

To drive or send by a blow, shot, or thrust.

To put a bullet in a target.

Webster's New World

To take one's course; move; go (in, out, back, etc.)

Webster's New World

To cause to be in a certain position or place; place; set.

Put the box here.

Webster's New World

To make do something.

To put a dog through its tricks.

Webster's New World

To cause to be in a specified condition, situation, relation, etc.

Put her at ease.

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noun

puts

A cast or thrust; esp., the act of putting the shot.

Webster's New World

An option to sell a given quantity of a stock, commodity, etc. at a specified price and within a specified time: puts are purchased in anticipation of, or to protect against, a decline in the price of the stock, commodity, etc.

Webster's New World

An old card game.

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F. Harrison.

What droll puts the citizens seem in it all.

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1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 244.

The old put wanted to make a parson of me, but d"”n me, thinks I to myself, I'll nick you there, old cull; the devil a smack of your nonsense shall you ever get into me.

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put option

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call option

adjective

Immovable; fixed.

Stay put.

Webster's New World

abbreviation

(software, testing) Acronym of Parameterized Unit Testing.

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idiom

put an end

To bring to an end; terminate.

American Heritage

put down roots

To establish a permanent residence in a locale.

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put in an appearance

To attend a social engagement, especially for a short time.

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put it to (someone)

To overburden with tasks or work.
To put blame on.

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put (one) in mind

To remind:
You put me in mind of your grandmother.

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Put

put an end
put down roots
put in an appearance
put it to (someone)
put (one) in mind
put (oneself) out
put (one's) finger on
put (one's) foot down
put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
put paid to
put (someone) in (someone's) place
put (someone) through (someone's) paces
put (someone) up to
put something over on
put the arm
put the finger on
put the lie to
put the make
put the screws to
put the skids on
put to bed
put to it
put to sleep
put two and two together
put up or shut up
put up with
put about
put across
put ahead
put aside
put away
put back
put down
put forth
put forward
put in
put in for
put it on
put it over on
put it there!
put off
put on
put someone on
put someone on to
put out
put over
put something over on
put paid to
put through
put to it
put up
put upon
put up with

Origin of Put

From Middle English putten, puten, poten, from Old English *putian, *pÅ«tian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging")) and potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad"), both from Proto-Germanic *putōnÄ… (“to stick, stab"), from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (“to shoot, sprout"). Compare also related Old English pȳtan (“to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)"). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to set, plant"), Danish putte (“to put"), Swedish putta, pötta, potta (“to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away"), Norwegian putte (“to set, put"), Norwegian pota (“to poke"), Icelandic pota (“to poke"), Dutch peuteren (“to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with"), Sanskrit [script?] (bunda, “arrow").

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Middle English putten back-formation from Old English pūtte past tense of pȳtan to put out

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Welsh pwt.

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Old French pute.

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