put: signification et définitions

To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table.

To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious manners put me at ease.

To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.

To assign; attribute: They put a false interpretation on events.

To estimate: We put the time at five o'clock.

To impose or levy: The governor has put a tax on cigarettes.

Games To wager (a stake); bet: put $50 on a horse.

Sports To hurl with an overhand pushing motion: put the shot.

To bring up for consideration or judgment: put a question to the judge.

To express; state: I put my objections bluntly.

To render in a specified language or literary form: put prose into verse.

To adapt: The lyrics had been put to music.

To urge or force to an action: a mob that put the thief to flight.

To apply: We must put our minds to it.

To force the purchase of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a put option.

To begin to move, especially in a hurry.

Nautical To proceed: The ship put into the harbor.

Sports An act of putting the shot.

An option to sell a stipulated amount of stock or securities within a specified time and at a fixed price.

Informal Fixed; stationary: stay put.

put about Nautical To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.

put across To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: put her views across during the hearing.

put across To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.

put away To renounce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.

put away Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.