Definition: put
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
put
n : the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or
commodity future) at a given price before a given date
[syn: put option] [ant: call option]
v 1: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your
things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the
scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a
certain point" [syn: set, place, pose, position,
lay]
2: cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain
relation; "That song put me in awful good humor."
3: formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put
it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite
language" [syn: frame, redact, cast, couch]
4: put something on or into (abstractly) assign; ; "She put
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" [syn: assign]
5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: invest, commit,
place] [ant: divest]
6: estimate: "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." [syn: place,
set]
7: cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the
torture"
8: adapt; "put these words to music"
9: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
schedule;" "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
those of bygone times" [syn: arrange, set up, order]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Nose \Nose\, n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. n["o]s, Sw. n["a]sa, Dan. n["a]se, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos', L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[=a]s[=a], n[=a]s. ? Cf. Nasal, Nasturtium, Naze, Nostril, Nozzle.] 1. (Anat.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory. 2. The power of smelling; hence, scent. We are not offended with a dog for a better nose than his master. --Collier. 3. A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle. Nose bit (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end. Nose hammer (Mach.), a frontal hammer. Nose hole (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process. Nose key (Carp.), a fox wedge. Nose leaf (Zo["o]l.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies greatly in size and form. Nose of wax, fig., a person who is pliant and easily influenced. ``A nose of wax to be turned every way.'' --Massinger Nose piece, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. To hold, put, or bring one's nose to the grindstone. See under Grindstone. To lead by the nose, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. --Shak. To put one's nose out of joint, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. [Slang] To thrust one's nose into, to meddle officiously in. To wipe one's nose of, to deprive of; to rob. [Slang]
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.
2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.
3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
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.
Put \Put\, n.
1. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a
push; as, the put of a ball. ``A forced put.''
--L'Estrange.
2. A certain game at cards. --Young.
3. A privilege which one party buys of another to ``put''
(deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc.,
at a certain price and date. [Brokers' Cant]
A put and a call may be combined in one instrument,
the holder of which may either buy or sell as he
chooses at the fixed price. --Johnson's
Cyc.
Put \Put\, n. [OF. pute.] A prostitute. [Obs.]
Put \Put\, n. [See Pit.] A pit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Put \Put\, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Put, contracted from putteth. --Chaucer.
Put \Put\, n. [Cf. W. pwt any short thing, pwt o ddyn a squab of
a person, pwtog a short, thick woman.]
A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.
Queer country puts extol Queen Bess's reign.
--Bramston.
What droll puts the citizens seem in it all. --F.
Harrison.
Put \Put\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Put; p. pr. & vb. n. Putting.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out). His chief designs are . . . to put thee by from thy spiritual employment. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To bring to a position or place; to place; to lay; to set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight. This present dignity, In which that I have put you. --Chaucer. I will put enmity between thee and the woman. --Gen. iii. 15. He put no trust in his servants. --Job iv. 18. When God into the hands of their deliverer Puts invincible might. --Milton. In the mean time other measures were put in operation. --Sparks. 3. To attach or attribute; to assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression. 4. To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.] No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends. --Wyclif (John xv. 13). 5. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to offer; to state; to express; figuratively, to assume; to suppose; -- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case. Let us now put that ye have leave. --Chaucer. Put the perception and you put the mind. --Berkeley. These verses, originally Greek, were put in Latin. --Milton. All this is ingeniously and ably put. --Hare. 6. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige. These wretches put us upon all mischief. --Swift. Put me not use the carnal weapon in my own defense. --Sir W. Scott. Thank him who puts me, loath, to this revenge. --Milton. 7. To throw or cast with a pushing motion ``overhand,'' the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight. 8. (Mining) To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway. --Raymond. Put case, formerly, an elliptical expression for, put or suppose the case to be. Put case that the soul after departure from the body may live. --Bp. Hall. To put about (Naut.), to turn, or change the course of, as a ship. To put away. (a) To renounce; to discard; to expel. (b) To divorce. To put back. (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to delay. (b) To refuse; to deny. Coming from thee, I could not put him back. --Shak. (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour. (d) To restore to the original place; to replace. To put by. (a) To turn, set, or thrust, aside. ``Smiling put the question by.'' --Tennyson. (b) To lay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by money. To put down. (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down. (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices. (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down rebellion or traitors. Mark, how a plain tale shall put you down. --Shak. Sugar hath put down the use of honey. --Bacon. (d) To subscribe; as, to put down one's name. To put forth. (a) To thrust out; to extend, as the hand; to cause to come or push out; as, a tree puts forth leaves. (b) To make manifest; to develop; also, to bring into action; to exert; as, to put forth strength. (c) To propose, as a question, a riddle, and the like. (d) To publish, as a book. To put forward. (a) To advance to a position of prominence or responsibility; to promote. (b) To cause to make progress; to aid. (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to a later hour. To put in. (a) To introduce among others; to insert; sometimes, to introduce with difficulty; as, to put in a word while others are discoursing. (b) (Naut.) To conduct into a harbor, as a ship. (c) (Law) To place in due form before a court; to place among the records of a court. --Burrill. (d) (Med.) To restore, as a dislocated part, to its place. To put off. (a) To lay aside; to discard; as, to put off a robe; to put off mortality. ``Put off thy shoes from off thy feet.'' --Ex. iii. 5. (b) To turn aside; to elude; to disappoint; to frustrate; to baffle. I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistius hoped to put me off with an harangue. --Boyle. We might put him off with this answer. --Bentley. (c) To delay; to defer; to postpone; as, to put off repentance. (d) To get rid of; to dispose of; especially, to pass fraudulently; as, to put off a counterfeit note, or an ingenious theory
Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001
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