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PUT ON
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adopted in order to deceive
Example:
sham modesty
Synonyms:
assumed; false; fictitious; fictive; pretended; put on; sham
Classified under:
Similar:
counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increase (one's body weight)
Example:
She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising
Synonyms:
gain; put on
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
fill out; flesh out; round (become round, plump, or shapely)
pack on (gain (weight))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Put clothing on one's body
Example:
He got into his jeans
Synonyms:
assume; don; get into; put on; wear
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
dress; get dressed (put on clothes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
hat (put on or wear a hat)
try; try on (put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice)
scarf (wrap in or adorn with a scarf)
slip on (put on with ease or speed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Add to something existing
Example:
She put on a sun room
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 4
Meaning:
Add to the odometer
Example:
He put on 1,000 miles on this trip
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Fool or hoax
Example:
You can't fool me!
Synonyms:
befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
put-on (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Apply to a surface
Example:
Put on make-up!
Synonyms:
apply; put on
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
clap on; slam on; slap on (apply carelessly)
sponge on (apply with a sponge)
putty (apply putty in order to fix or fill)
cold-cream (put cold cream on one's face)
cream (put on cream, as on one's face or body)
dress (put a dressing on)
gum (cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum)
daub (apply to a surface)
dab; swab; swob (apply (usually a liquid) to a surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 7
Meaning:
Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
Example:
mount a play
Synonyms:
mount; put on
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):
rerun (rerun a performance of a play, for example)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Carry out (performances)
Example:
They turned in top jobs for the second straight game
Synonyms:
put on; turn in
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 9
Meaning:
Put on the stove or ready for cooking
Example:
put on the tea, please!
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs put on the vegetables
Context examples:
But first you must put on the spectacles.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
A substance that is put on the skin to help repair damaged skin.
(Biafine cream, NCI Dictionary)
Mrs. Weston begs you to put on your tippet.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Lord bless you! how you did tremble when Sir Thomas first had you put on!
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Therefore, it had been put on during the night.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I’m a smith by trade, and I’ve not put on half a stone in fifteen years.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Put on your cloak, then, and come, for Sir Walter Hewett and Sir Robert Briquet, with one or two others, are awaiting us.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her hair was cut and dressed by the best hand, her clothes put on with care, and both Mrs. Allen and her maid declared she looked quite as she should do.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Of course, eating too much fat will put on the pounds.
(Dietary Fats, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
These points hurt when pressure is put on them.
(Fibromyalgia, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
