put about Nautical

put across

1. To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: put her views across during the hearing.
2. To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.
3. To renounce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.
4. Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.
5. Informal To confine to a mental health facility.
6. 1. Informal To kill: The injured cat was put away.
   2. To bury.
   3. To write down.
   4. To enter in a list.
   5. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
   6. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
   7. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
   8. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
   9. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
   10. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
   11. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
   12. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
   13. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
   14. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
   15. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
   16. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
   17. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
   18. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
   19. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
7. 1. To write down.
   2. To enter in a list.
   3. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
   4. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
   5. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
   6. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
   7. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
   8. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
   9. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
   10. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
   11. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
   12. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
   13. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
   14. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
   15. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
   16. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
   17. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
8. 1. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
   2. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
   3. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
   4. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
   5. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
   6. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
   7. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
   8. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
   9. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
   10. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
   11. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
   12. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
   13. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
   14. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
   15. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
9. To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.
10. Slang
    1. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
    2. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
    3. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
    4. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    5. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    6. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    7. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    8. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    9. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    10. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    11. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    12. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    13. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
11. 1. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    2. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    3. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    4. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    5. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    6. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    7. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    8. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    9. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    10. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
12. To consume (food or drink) readily; put away: puts down three big meals a day.
13. To grow: Plants put forth new growth in the spring.
14. To bring to bear; exert: At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.
15. To offer for consideration: put forth an idea.
16. To make a formal offer of: put in a plea of guilty.
17. To introduce, as in conversation; interpose: He put in a good word for me.
18. To spend (time) at a location or job: I put in eight hours at the office.
19. To plant: We put in 20 rows of pine trees.
20. To apply: put in for early retirement.
21. Nautical To enter a port or harbor: The freighter puts in at noon.
22. 1. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    2. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    3. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    4. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    5. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    6. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    7. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    8. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
23. To take off; discard: put off a sweater.
24. To repel or repulse, as from bad manners: His indifferent attitude has put us off.
25. To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.
26. To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on.
27. To apply; activate: put on the brakes.
28. To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.
29. Slang To tease or mislead (another): You're putting me on!
30. To add: put on weight.
31. To produce; perform: put on a variety show.
32. To extinguish: put out a fire.
33. Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.
34. To expel: put out a drunk.
35. To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.
36. 1. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    2. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    3. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    4. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    5. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    6. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
37. To make an effort.
38. Baseball To retire a runner.
39. Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.
40. To postpone; delay.
41. To put across, especially to deceive: tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.
42. To bring to a successful end: put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.
43. To cause to undergo: He put me through a lot of trouble.
44. 1. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    2. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    3. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    4. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
45. To erect; build.
46. To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.
47. To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.
48. To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.
49. To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.
50. Sports To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.
51. To offer for sale: put up his antiques.
52. 1. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    2. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.

Phrasal Verb(s):
put about Nautical
To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.
put across

1. To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: put her views across during the hearing.
2. To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.

put away

1. To renounce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.
2. Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.
3. Informal To confine to a mental health facility.
4. 1. Informal To kill: The injured cat was put away.
   2. To bury.

put by
To save for later use: "Some crops were so abundant they could even be put by" (Carole Lalli).
put down

1. 1. To write down.
   2. To enter in a list.
   3. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
   4. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
   5. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
   6. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
   7. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
   8. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
   9. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
2. 1. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
   2. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
   3. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
   4. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
   5. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
   6. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
   7. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
3. To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.
4. Slang
   1. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
   2. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
   3. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
   4. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
   5. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
5. 1. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
   2. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
6. To consume (food or drink) readily; put away: puts down three big meals a day.

put forth

1. To grow: Plants put forth new growth in the spring.
2. To bring to bear; exert: At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.
3. To offer for consideration: put forth an idea.

put forward
To propose for consideration: put forward a new plan.
put in

1. To make a formal offer of: put in a plea of guilty.
2. To introduce, as in conversation; interpose: He put in a good word for me.
3. To spend (time) at a location or job: I put in eight hours at the office.
4. To plant: We put in 20 rows of pine trees.
5. To apply: put in for early retirement.
6. Nautical To enter a port or harbor: The freighter puts in at noon.

put off

1. 1. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
   2. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
2. To take off; discard: put off a sweater.
3. To repel or repulse, as from bad manners: His indifferent attitude has put us off.
4. To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.

put on

1. To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on.
2. To apply; activate: put on the brakes.
3. To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.
4. Slang To tease or mislead (another): You're putting me on!
5. To add: put on weight.
6. To produce; perform: put on a variety show.

put out

1. To extinguish: put out a fire.
2. Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.
3. To expel: put out a drunk.
4. To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.
5. 1. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
   2. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
6. To make an effort.
7. Baseball To retire a runner.
8. Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.

put over

1. To postpone; delay.
2. To put across, especially to deceive: tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.

put through

1. To bring to a successful end: put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.
2. To cause to undergo: He put me through a lot of trouble.
3. 1. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
   2. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).

put to Nautical
To head for shore.
put together
To construct; create: put together a new bookcase; put together a tax package.
put up

1. To erect; build.
2. To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.
3. To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.
4. To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.
5. To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.
6. Sports To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.
7. To offer for sale: put up his antiques.
8. 1. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
   2. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.

put upon
To impose on; overburden: He was always being put upon by his friends.

Idiom(s):
put an end/a halt/a stop to
To bring to an end; terminate.

Idiom(s):
put down roots
To establish a permanent residence in a locale.

Idiom(s):
put in an appearance
To attend a social engagement, especially for a short time.

Idiom(s):
put it to (someone) Slang

1. To overburden with tasks or work.
2. To put blame on.
3. To take unfair advantage of.
4. To lay out the facts of a situation to (another) in a forceful candid manner.
5. To defeat soundly; trounce.

Idiom(s):
put (one) in mind
To remind: You put me in mind of your grandmother.

Idiom(s):
put (oneself) out
To make a considerable effort; go to trouble or expense.

Idiom(s):
put (one's) finger on
To identify: I can't put my finger on the person in that photograph.

Idiom(s):
put (one's) foot down
To take a firm stand.

Idiom(s):
put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
To make a tactless remark.

Idiom(s):
put paid to Chiefly British
To finish off; put to rest: "We've given up saying we only kill to eat; Kraft dinner and freeze-dried food have put paid to that one" (Margaret Atwood).

Idiom(s):
put (someone) in (someone's) place
To lower the dignity of (someone); humble.

Idiom(s):
put (someone) through (someone's) paces
To cause to demonstrate ability or skill; test: The drama coach put her students through their paces before the first performance.

Idiom(s):
put (someone) up to
To cause to commit a funny, mischievous, or malicious act: My older brother put me up to making a prank telephone call.

Idiom(s):
put something over on:
To deceive, cheat, or trick.

Idiom(s):
put the arm/bite/squeeze on Slang
To ask another for money.

Idiom(s):
put the finger on Slang
To inform on: The witness put the finger on the killer.

Idiom(s):
put the make/moves on Slang
To make sexual advances to.

Idiom(s):
put the screws to/on Slang
To pressure (another) in an extreme manner.

Idiom(s):
put the skids on Slang
To bring to a halt: "Sacrificing free speech to put the skids on prurient printed matter is not the correct path, the courts said" (Curtis J. Sitomer).

Idiom(s):
put to bed Informal

1. To make final preparations for the printing of (a newspaper, for example).
2. To make final preparations for completing (a project).

Idiom(s):
put to it
To cause extreme difficulty for: We were put to it to finish the book on time.

Idiom(s):
put to sleep

1. To make weary; bore.
2. To subject to euthanasia.
3. To subject to general anesthesia.

Idiom(s):
put two and two together
To draw the proper conclusions from existing evidence or indications.

Idiom(s):
put up or shut up Slang
To have to endure (something unpleasant) without complaining or take the action necessary to remove the source of the unpleasantry.

Idiom(s):
put up with
To endure without complaint: We had to put up with the inconvenience.

[Middle English putten, back-formation from Old English *pūtte, past tense of pȳtan, to put out.]