put

verb13

1. •
   to cause something or someone to be in a certain place, often with the hands

   • She put her books on the table.
   • The police put him in a cell.
2. •
   To place in abstract; to attach or attribute; to assign.

   • The government put restrictions on vehicle imports.
   • I put £100 on the winning horse.
3. •
   To bring or set (into a certain relation, state or condition).

   • Put your house in order!
   • He is putting all his energy into this one task.
4. •
   To express (something in a certain manner).

   • When you put it that way, I guess I can see your point.
   • To put it bluntly, he's an idiot.
5. •
   To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.

   • I put it to you, Sir, that you are a thief and a liar.
6. •
   To set as a calculation or estimate.

   • They have put the cost of repairs at around £10 million.
7. •
   To steer; to direct one's course; to go.

   • His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. — 1697
8. •
   To throw with a pushing motion, especially in reference to the sport of shot put. (Do not confuse with putt.)

   • He put the shot out beyond the 20-metre mark.
9. •
   To sell (assets) under the terms of a put option.

   • He got out of his Procter and Gamble bet by putting his shares at 80.
10. •
    To play a card or a hand in the game called “put”.
11. •
    To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
12. •
    (no longer used) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.

    • No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends. — 1850
13. •
    (no longer used) To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.

    • These wretches put us upon all mischief. — 1722

noun4

1. •
   The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.

   • The Stag's was a Forc'd put, and a Chance rather than a Choice. — 1692
2. •
   Ellipsis of put option (“right to sell something at a predetermined price”)

   • He bought a January '08 put for Procter and Gamble at 80 to hedge his bet.
3. •
   An old card game.

   • Among the in-door amusements of the costermonger is card-playing, at which many of them are adepts. The usual games are all-fours, all-fives, cribbage, and put. — 1851
4. •
   (no longer used) A prostitute.

   • And Mrs. Penny-a-hoist Pim, said Mr. Gorman. That old put, said Mr. Nolan. — 1953

noun1

1. •
   (no longer used) A fellow, especially an eccentric or elderly one; a duffer.

   • Queer Country-puts extol Queen Bess's reign, And of lost hospitality complain. — 1733

noun4

1. •
   Acronym of parameterized unit test.
2. •
   Acronym of parameterized unit testing.
3. •
   Initialism of programmable unijunction transistor.
4. •
   Initialism of person using television.