To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
She put her books on the table.
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).
From Middle English putten, puten, poten, from Old English putian, *pūtian ("to push, put out"; attested by derivative putung (“pushing, impulse, instigation, urging”)) and potian (“to push, thrust, s...
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Theſe Verſes Originally Greek, were put in Latin,
The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
the put of a ball
A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer.
Queer Country-puts extol Queen Bess's reign, And of lost hospitality complain.
A prostitute.
And Mrs. Penny-a-hoist Pim, said Mr. Gorman. That old put, said Mr. Nolan.
Initialism of programmable unijunction transistor.