PUT TO WORK
Dictionary entry overview: What does put to work mean?
• PUT TO WORK (verb)
The verb PUT TO WORK has 1 sense:
1. cause to work
Familiarity information: PUT TO WORK used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PUT TO WORK (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to work
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
put to work; work
Context example:
he is working his servants hard
Hypernyms (to "put to work" 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)
Cause:
do work; work (be employed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put to work"):
exercise; work; work out (give a workout to)
warm up (cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles)
computerise; computerize; cybernate (control a function, process, or creation by a computer)
rack (put on a rack and pinion)
exploit; overwork (work excessively hard)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
