Dictionary entry details
• PUT ON (adjective)
Meaning:
Adopted in order to deceive
Synonyms:
put on; pretended; fictive; sham; fictitious; assumed; false
Context examples:
an assumed name / an assumed cheerfulness / a fictitious address / fictive sympathy / a pretended interest / a put-on childish voice / sham modesty
Similar:
counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)
• PUT ON (verb)
Meaning:
Put clothing on one's body
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
put on; don; get into; assume; wear
Context examples:
What should I wear today? / He put on his best suit for the wedding / The princess donned a long blue dress / The queen assumed the stately robes / He got into his jeans
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
dress; get dressed (put on clothes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
slip on (put on with ease or speed)
scarf (wrap in or adorn with a scarf)
try; try on (put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice)
hat (put on or wear a hat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Add to something existing
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
She put on a sun room
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Put on the stove or ready for cooking
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
put on the tea, please!
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs put on the vegetables
Meaning:
Carry out (performances)
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
turn in; put on
Context examples:
They turned in a splendid effort / They turned in top jobs for the second straight game
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Add to the odometer
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
He put on 1,000 miles on this trip
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
put on; mount
Context examples:
mount a theater production / mount an attack / mount a play
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
rerun (rerun a performance of a play, for example)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Apply to a surface
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
apply; put on
Context examples:
She applied paint to the back of the house / Put on make-up!
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
clap on; slam on; slap on (apply carelessly)
sponge on (apply with a sponge)
putty (apply putty in order to fix or fill)
cold-cream (put cold cream on one's face)
cream (put on cream, as on one's face or body)
dress (put a dressing on)
gum (cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum)
daub (apply to a surface)
dab; swab; swob (apply (usually a liquid) to a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Fool or hoax
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
put one over; put one across; dupe; cod; slang; gull; take in; befool; fool; put on
Context examples:
The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone / You can't fool me!
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Increase (one's body weight)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
gain; put on
Context example:
She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
fill out; flesh out; round (become round, plump, or shapely)
pack on (gain (weight))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
