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Definition put

Etymology 1

From Middle English putten, puten, poten, from Old English *putian, *p?tian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (�pushing, impulse, instigation, urging�)) and potian (�to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad�), both from Proto-Germanic *put?n? (�to stick, stab�), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bud- (�to shoot, sprout�). Compare also related Old English p?tan (�to push, poke, thrust, put out (the eyes)�). Cognate with Dutch poten (�to set, plant�), Danish putte (�to put�), Swedish putta, p�tta, potta (�to strike, knock, push gently, shove, put away�), Norwegian putte (�to set, put�), Norwegian pota (�to poke�), Icelandic pota (�to poke�), Dutch peuteren (�to pick, poke around, dig, fiddle with�). Outside of Germanic possibly comparable to Sanskrit ????? (bund�, �arrow�).

Verb

put (third-person singular simple present puts, present participle putting, simple past put, past participle put or (UK dialectal) putten)

1. To place something somewhere.
2. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
3. (finance) To exercise a put option.
4. To express something in a certain manner.
5. (athletics) To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
6. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
7. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
8. To attach or attribute; to assign.
9. (obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
10. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
11. (obsolete) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
12. (mining) To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

Noun

put (plural puts)

1. (business) A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
2. (finance) A contract to sell a security at a set price on or before a certain date.
3. The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
4. An old card game.

Etymology 2

Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Welsh pwt.

Noun

put (plural puts)

1. (obsolete) An idiot; a foolish person; a duffer.

Etymology 3

Old French pute.

Noun

put (plural puts)

1. (obsolete) A prostitute.

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