TO PUT ON

Definition: TO PUT ON

TO PUT ON

1. As clothes; to assume. ``Mercury . . . put on the shape of a man.'' --L'Estrange. (b) To impute (something) to; to charge upon; as, to put blame on or upon another. (c) To advance; to promote. [Obs.] ``This came handsomely to put on the peace.'' --Bacon. (d) To impose; to inflict. ``That which thou puttest on me, will I bear.'' --2 Kings xviii. 14. (e) To apply; as, to put on workmen; to put on steam. (f) To deceive; to trick. ``The stork found he was put upon.'' --L'Estrange. (g) To place upon, as a means or condition; as, he put him upon bread and water. ``This caution will put them upon considering.'' --Locke. (h) (Law) To rest upon; to submit to; as, a defendant puts himself on or upon the country. --Burrill.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO PUT ON

I plan to put on a hitting display. (Major League; writing credit: David S. Ward)

To put on some fantabulous gown and go to a ball like a princess. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Look, I don't understand why you refuse to put on a hospital gown? (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

Gentlemen, you'll permit me to put on my spectacles, as I have grown not only grey but also blind in the service of my country. (George Washington; writing credit: Jon Boothe; Richard Fielder)

Cute Naked Guy is really starting to put on weight. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Be a Magician!: How to Put on a Magic Show and Mystify Your Friends (reference)

• Ventriloquism : how to put on an act, use the power of suggestion, write a clever accompanying patter, and make your own dummy (reference)

• How to Put on a Great Conference: A Straightforward, Friendly and Practical Guide (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Japanese-American volunteers. First AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteer to put on the uniform of the U.S. Army, Mitsuru Doi, eighteen, of Lihue, Kauai, is shown how to buckle on his ammunition belt. Doing the showing is Sergeant John H. Chynowe. Credit: Library of Congress.

Jim Fletcher stopping to put on chains while crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains in Tennessee during a snow storm. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

As three April days are enough for certain trees to put on a covering of flowers, so six months had been enough for her to put on a mantle of beauty.

He desired to see no more, and gave me leave to put on my clothes again, for I was shuddering with cold.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "TO PUT ON": To put on one's trumps. Additional references.

Chinese 

穿 (pass through, penetrate, perforate, pierce, to bore through, to dress, to thread, to wear), 戴 (to bear, to respect, to support, wear). (various references)

Danish

evne til muskelansaetning (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity), evne til koedaflejring (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity). (various references)

Dutch

vermogen tot vleesvorming (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity), vermogen tot vleesproduktie (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity). (various references)

Finnish

lihantuotantokyky (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity). (various references)

French

aptitude � la production de viande (ability to put on meat). (various references)

German

zu warten (to put on hold), seine Schuhe anziehen (to put on one's shoes), jemanden bitten (to put on hold), Fleischbildungsvermögen (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity), ein Kleid anziehen (to put on a dress), auf die Waage legen (to put on the scales), auf den Markt bringen (float, launch, promote, to put on the market). (various references)

Greek 

κρεατοπαραγωγική ικανότητα (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity). (various references)

Hungarian

tulajdonít vminek (to ascribe to, to ascribe to sg, to attribute to sg), tippet ad (to tip), elsiet (haste, scram, to buzz off, to scram, to scuttle, to scuttle away, to scuttle off, to slither, to tail off), felrak (put on, set up, to apply, to lay on, to set up), felhív (call up, to call, to challenge, to dare), felcsatol (to buckle, to clamp on), felcsap, felbujt (abet, suborn, to abet, to incite, to instigate, to prompt, to suborn), ötletet ad, felölt (to assume), gyarapít (to augment), előretol (to protrude, to put forward), üzembe helyez (to commission), felbátorít (embolden, encourage, hearten, reassure, to embolden, to encourage, to hearten, to reassure), unszol (to press forward, to press on, to urge), hozzáad (add, associated, put to, to add, to add up, to wed), hozzátesz (to add, to affix), kimér vkire vmit, működésbe hoz (to activate, to bring into action, to bring into play, to call into play, to put into operation), magára ölt (take on, to take on), munkába állít (set about, to bring into action), munkára fog, munkára késztet, rátesz (impose, put on, to impose, to superimpose, to superpose), siet (hasten, hie, hurry, hurry up, sped, to be in a hurry, to bucket, to gird, to hasten, to hie, to hie one's way, to hurry, to nip along, to scurry, to skelp, to skitter, to speed, to succour, to whirl), színlel (make believe, malinger, pretend, simulate, to affect, to feign, to pretend, to simulate, to take on), színre hoz (stage, to get up, to produce), felvesz (admit, assess, enrol, enroll, pull on, shove on, take on, take up, to admit, to contract, to don, to enrol, to enroll, to get on, to pull on, to record, to reintroduce, to tick out). (various references)

Italian

capacit� produttiva di carne (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

召す (to buy, to call, to catch, to drink, to eat, to ride in, to send for, to take, to wear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おびる (to be entrusted, to be tinged with, to carry, to have, to have a trace of, to take on, to wear), きる (to be through, to behead, to break off, to carve, to chop, to clip, to complete, to cross, to cut, to cut down, to disconnect, to discount, to fell, to finish, to hang up, to hash, to murder, to pause, to punch, to saw, to sell below cost, to sever, to shakeoff, to shear, to slice, to strip, to turn off, to wear), まとう (to be clad in, to wear), うがつ (to be true to, to bore, to drill, to hit, to pierce, to wear), つける (to add, to affix, to append, to apply, to appraise, to attach, to bring alongside, to dip in, to establish, to fasten, to follow, to furnish, to give, to glue, to join, to keep, to keep a diary, to light up, to load, to make an entry, to moisten, to pickle, to place, to put, to set, to sew on, to shadow, to soak, to stick, to switch on, to turn on, to wear), かぶる (to pour or dash water, to wear), かける (to advance, to be lacking, to begin to, to bet, to canter, to construct, to cover, to fly, to gallop, to gamble, to hang, to make a phone call, to multiply, to offer, to play, to pour, to puton the line, to risk, to run, to sit, to sit down, to soar, to stake, to wager, to wear), めす (female, to buy, to call, to catch, to drink, to eat, to ride in, to send for, to take, to wear), みにつける (to acquire knowledge, to learn, to wear), はおる, はめる (to get in, to insert, to make love), はく (be worn off, chief official, come off, command esteem, commanding esteem, count, counter for nights of a stay, discolor, doctor, earl, eldest brother, exhibition, exposition, fade, fair, gain, gaining, oak, peel off, Ph.D., receive, receiving, to breathe, to brush, to disgorge, to gather up, to sweep, to tell, to vomit, to wear, uncle, win acclaim, winning acclaim). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay utpay onay

Spanish

capacidad para producir carne (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity). (various references)

Swedish

proteinansättningspotential (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity), proteinansättningsförmåga (ability to put on meat, fleshing ability, meat producing capacity, muscle growth capacity). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: potto, punto, puton, putto.

-3 letters: onto, otto, poon, pout, punt, putt, toon, toot, tout, unto, upon.

-4 letters: noo, not, nut, oot, opt, out, pot, pun, put, ton, too, top, tot, tun, tup, tut, upo.

-5 letters: no, nu, on, op, to, un, up, ut.

+1 letter: outpoint.

+2 letters: outpoints.

+3 letters: countertop, outpointed, portentous.

+4 letters: computation, counterplot, countertops, luteotropin, mountaintop, multiphoton, muttonchops, opportunist, opportunity, outplotting, outpointing, postulation.

+5 letters: autohypnotic, computations, contemptuous, counterplots, counterpoint, luteotrophin, luteotropins, mountaintops, opportunists, outcompeting, photocurrent, portentously, postconquest, postulations, prostitution.

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