Dictionary entry details
• PUT (noun)
Meaning:
The option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
put; put option
Hypernyms ("put" is a kind of...):
option (the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited)
Holonyms ("put" is a part of...):
span; straddle (the act of sitting or standing astride)
• PUT (verb)
Meaning:
Put into a certain place or abstract location
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
set; put; place; lay; position; pose
Context examples:
Put your things here / Set the tray down / Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children / Place emphasis on a certain point
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):
pillow; rest (rest on or as if on a pillow)
lose; mislay; misplace (place (something) where one cannot find it again)
upend (set, turn, or stand on end)
seat; sit; sit down (show to a seat; assign a seat for)
lay; put down; repose (put in a horizontal position)
place upright; stand; stand up (put into an upright position)
recline (cause to recline)
ground (place or put on the ground)
barrel (put in barrels)
bucket (put into a bucket)
bottle (put into bottles)
set down (put or settle into a position)
juxtapose (place side by side)
misplace (place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position)
seed; sough; sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)
place down; put down; set down (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place)
appose (place side by side or in close proximity)
plant; set (put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground)
instal; install; put in; set up (set up for use)
deposit; fix; posit; situate (put (something somewhere) firmly)
throw (to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly)
settle; settle down (settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground)
marshal (place in proper rank)
space (place at intervals)
glycerolise; glycerolize (place in glycerol)
position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)
siphon (move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action)
set (put into a position that will restore a normal state)
cram (put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled)
load (put (something) on a structure or conveyance)
perch (cause to perch or sit)
rest (put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying)
clap (put quickly or forcibly)
lean (cause to lean or incline)
poise (cause to be balanced or suspended)
ladle (put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle)
imbricate (place so as to overlap)
bed (put to bed)
enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (introduce)
ensconce; settle (fix firmly)
park (place temporarily)
superpose (place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide)
lay over; superimpose; superpose (place on top of)
arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)
pile (place or lay as if in a pile)
nestle; snuggle (position comfortably)
intersperse (place at intervals in or among)
plant (place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive)
stratify (form, arrange, or deposit in layers)
put back; replace (put something back where it belongs)
step (place (a ship's mast) in its step)
prepose (place before another constituent in the sentence)
postpose (place after another constituent in the sentence)
cock (set the trigger of a firearm back for firing)
docket (place on the docket for legal action)
emplace (put into place or position)
emplace (provide a new emplacement for guns)
ship (place on board a ship)
coffin (place into a coffin)
rack up (place in a rack)
tee; tee up (place on a tee)
throw; thrust (place or put with great energy)
reposition (place into another position)
recess (put into a recess)
butt (place end to end without overlapping)
parallelize (place parallel to one another)
middle (put in the middle)
sign (place signs, as along a road)
underlay (put (something) under or beneath)
trench (set, plant, or bury in a trench)
pigeonhole (place into a small compartment)
shelve (place on a shelf)
jar (place in a cylindrical vessel)
repose (to put something (eg trust) in something)
put forward; stick (cause to protrude or as if to protrude)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They put the bags on the table
Also:
put together (create by putting components or members together)
put over (hold back to a later time)
put on (apply to a surface)
put off (hold back to a later time)
put down (cause to come to the ground)
put down (put in a horizontal position)
put back (cost a certain amount)
put back (put something back where it belongs)
put away (lock up or confine, in or as in a jail)
put across (transmit information)
put up (put up)
Meaning:
Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
That song put me in awful good humor
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):
put to sleep (help someone go to bed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Also:
put away (kill gently, as with an injection)
put up (preserve in a can or tin)
put under (make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs)
put to sleep (kill gently, as with an injection)
put to sleep (make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs)
put through (connect by telephone)
put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)
put out (put out, as of a candle or a light)
put down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally)
put off (cause to feel embarrassment)
put off (take away the enthusiasm of)
put out (make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs)
put out (deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion)
Meaning:
Formulate in a particular style or language
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
couch; redact; put; frame; cast
Context examples:
I wouldn't put it that way / She cast her request in very polite language
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
articulate; formulate; give voice; phrase; word (put into words or an expression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Attribute or give
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
put; assign
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):
repose (put or confide something in a person or thing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Make an investment
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
invest; commit; put; place
Context example:
Put money into bonds
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
drop; expend; spend (pay out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):
fund (invest money in government securities)
roll over (invest (a previously investment) into a similar fund or security)
shelter (invest (money) so that it is not taxable)
tie up (invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes)
job; speculate (invest at a risk)
buy into (buy stocks or shares of a company)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Estimate
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
put; place; set
Context example:
We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause (someone) to undergo something
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
He put her to the torture
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Adapt
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
put these words to music
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
arrange; set (adapt for performance in a different way)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
arrange; order; put; set up
Context examples:
arrange my schedule / set up one's life / I put these memories with those of bygone times
Hypernyms (to "put" is one way to...):
organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put"):
contemporise; contemporize; synchronise; synchronize (arrange or represent events so that they co-occur)
phrase (divide, combine, or mark into phrases)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
