The verb put refers to placement. You can put things down, put ideas into words, and put up money (that is, invest it).
A pit.
Noun
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Verb
estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
Verb
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one''s life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
Verb
formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn''t put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
Verb
attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
Verb
cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"
Verb
put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
Verb
adapt; "put these words to music"
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cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture"
Verb
make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
n.
A pit.
3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth.
n.
A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.
imp. & p. p.
of Put
v. t.
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).
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong
construction on an act or expression.
v. t.
To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the
tramway.
v. i.
To go or move; as, when the air first puts up.
v. i.
To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
v. i.
To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
n.
The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push;
as, the put of a ball.
n.
A certain game at cards.
n.
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.
n.
A prostitute.
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Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign.
What droll puts the citizens seem in it all.
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His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy spiritual employment.2.
This present dignity, In which that I have put you.
I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
He put no trust in his servants.
When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts invincible might.
In the mean time other measures were put in operation.3.
No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends.5.
Let us now put that ye have leave.
Put the perception and you put the mind.
These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin.
All this is ingeniously and ably put.6.
These wretches put us upon all mischief.
Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense.
Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge.7.
Put case that the soul after departure from the body may live.--
Coming from thee, I could not put him back.
Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down.
Sugar hath put down the use of honey.
I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius hoped to put me off with an harangue.
We might put him off with this answer.
For the certain knowledge of that knowledge of that truth< put you o'er to heaven and to my mother.
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His fury thus appeased, he puts to land.3.
Put
A put and a call may be combined in one instrument, the holder of which may either buy or sell as he chooses at the fixed price.
Put
A pit.
3d pers. sing. pres. of
A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.
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 go or move;
The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push;
A prostitute.
Usage Examples
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his car, and stuck his tongue in my mouth.
A guy came to the shop every day. A lot of guys put the foam like stuff that forms to you, kinda like the Indy car guys run. He fitted it up and it felt real good, so we're going to try to run it.
A smartphone links patients' bodies and doctors' computers, which in turn are connected to the Internet, which in turn is connected to any smartphone anywhere. The new devices could put the management of an individual's internal organs in the hands of every hacker, online scammer, and digital vandal on Earth.
A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, 'Look, it's not that tough. It's not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career.'
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
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A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard.
A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!
A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
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A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.