put

verb
po͝ot

To physically place (sth or sb swh).

Example

“She put her books on the table.”

Other meanings

To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.
“The government put restrictions on vehicle imports.”
To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).

Synonyms

set
place
pose
position
lay

Example sentences

“I completely forgot to put out the bin.”
Tatoeba · deniko · CC0
“Think of where dogs put their tongues.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Put the books back where you found them.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "putian".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “put” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.