put

English

/pʊt/, /pʌt/

verb
Definitions
  • To place something somewhere.
  • To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
  • (finance) To exercise a put option.
  • To express something in a certain manner.
  • (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.
  • To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
  • To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
  • To attach or attribute; to assign.
  • (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
  • To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
  • (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
  • (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English putten (put, push, shove) derived from Old English putian (push, thrust, place, put) derived from Proto-Germanic *putōną (stab, stick, push, poke) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (sprout, swell, shoot).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bud-

Gloss

sprout, swell, shoot

Concept
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Agriculture and vegetation

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