- Put
- Put Put (put; often p[u^]t in def. 3), v. i.
1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
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2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go. [1913 Webster]
His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put. [1913 Webster]
{To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.
{To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. ``The French . . . had put back to Toulon.'' --Southey.
{To put forth}. (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. ``Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth.'' --Bacon. (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.
{To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.
{To put in for}. (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share of profits. (b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a hawk. (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for. --Locke.
{To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as a ship; to move from the shore.
{To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.
{To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.
{To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to advance into the ocean.
{To put up}. (a) To take lodgings; to lodge. (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.
{To put up to}, to advance to. [Obs.] ``With this he put up to my lord.'' --Swift.
{To put up with}. (a) To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment, or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or affront. (b) To take without opposition or expressed dissatisfaction; to endure; as, to put up with bad fare. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
