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put

put - verb

To deposit in a specified place: lay, place, set, stick. See place. rise.
To calculate approximately: approximate, estimate, place, reckon, set. See precise.
To establish and apply as compulsory: assess, exact, impose, levy. See obligation. over. willing.
To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay(down), post, risk, stake, venture, wager. Informal go. See gambling.
To seek an answer to (a question): ask, pose, raise. See ask.
To utter publicly: air, express, state, vent, ventilate. See show. words.
To express in another language, while systematically retaining the original sense: construe, render, translate. See words.
To convey in language or words of a particular form: couch, express, formulate, phrase, word. See words.

To eat completely or entirely: consume, devour, dispatch, eat up. Informal polish off. See ingestion.
To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: destroy, finish(off), kill, liquidate, murder, slay. Slang bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See help.

To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, extinguish, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. See continue. win.

To put forward (a topic) for discussion: bring up, broach, introduce, moot, raise. See start.

To state, as an idea, for consideration: advance, offer, pose, propose, propound, set forth, submit, suggest. See offer.

To ask for employment, acceptance, or admission: apply, petition. See seek.
To spend or complete (time), as a prison term: serve. Informal do. See time.
To use time in a particular way: pass, spend. See time.
To come or go into (a place): come in, enter, go in, penetrate. See enter.

To offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item): fob off, foist, palm off, pass off. See honest.

To put (an article of clothing) on one's person: assume, don, get on, pull on, slip into, slip on. See put on.
To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of: act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, sham, simulate. See honest. true.
To take on or give a false appearance of: affect, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate. See true.
To produce on the stage: act(out), do, dramatize, enact, give, perform, present, stage. See performing arts.

To cause to stop burning or giving light: douse, extinguish, quench, snuff out. See continue.
To bring to bear steadily or forcefully: exercise, exert, ply, throw, wield. See cause.
To present for circulation, exhibit, or sale: bring out, issue, publish. See words.
To cause inconvenience for: discomfort, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, trouble. See comfort.
To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations: aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, get, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, rile, ruffle, vex. See feelings. pain.

To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion: bring off, carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, execute. Informal swing. See do.

To create by forming, combining, or altering materials: assemble, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape. See make.

To raise upright: erect, pitch, raise, rear, set up, upraise, uprear. See horizontal. rise.
To make or form (a structure): build, construct, erect, raise, rear. See make.
To prepare (food) for storage and future use: can, conserve, preserve. See keep.
To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed(down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, quarter, room. See protection.