Word Meaning

Meaning of put

- A pit.
- 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth.
- A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.
- of Put
- To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out).
- To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.
- To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression.
- To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
- To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case.
- To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
- To throw or cast with a pushing motion "overhand," the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
- To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway.
- To go or move; as, when the air first puts up.
- To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
- To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
- The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball.
- A certain game at cards.
- A privilege which one party buys of another to "put" (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date.
- A prostitute.

Crossword clue for put

- Apply, ... to use
- Deposit
- Deputy’s hiding place
- Hire (staff)
- Place in position
- Place upon table initially
- Position putt off tee
- Positioned
- Set
- Set (aside)
- Situate
- To place
- Wager