Definition of Put Up in English :

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Put Up meaning in English

Meaning of Put Up in English

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Put Up

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Verb

1. post, put up

place so as to be noticed

Example Sentences:
'post a sign'
'post a warning at the dump'

2. offer, provide, put up

mount or put up

Example Sentences:
'put up a good fight'
'offer resistance'

3. erect, put up, raise, rear, set up

construct, build, or erect

Example Sentences:
'Raise a barn'

4. abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate

put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Example Sentences:
'I cannot bear his constant criticism'
'The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks'
'he learned to tolerate the heat'
'She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage'

5. put up

make available for sale at an auction

Example Sentences:
'The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction'

6. can, put up, tin

preserve in a can or tin

Example Sentences:
'tinned foods are not very tasty'

7. domiciliate, house, put up

provide housing for

Example Sentences:
'The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town'

8. contribute, put up

provide

Example Sentences:
'The city has to put up half the required amount'

9. nominate, put forward, put up

propose as a candidate for some honor

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Put Up

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verb (adverb, mainly tr)
1. 
to build; erect
to put up a statue
2. 
to accommodate or be accommodated at
can you put me up for tonight?
3. 
to increase (prices)
4. 
to submit or present (a plan, case, etc)
5. 
to offer
to put a house up for sale
6. 
to provide or supply; give
to put up a good fight
7. 
to provide (money) for; invest in
they put up five thousand for the new project
8. 
to preserve or can (jam, etc)
9. 
to pile up (long hair) on the head in any of several styles
10. (also intr)
to nominate or be nominated as a candidate, esp for a political or society post
he put his wife up as secretary
he put up for president
11. archaic
to return (a weapon) to its holder, as a sword to its sheath
put up your pistol!
12.  put up to
13.  put up with
adjective put-up
14. 
dishonestly or craftily prearranged or conceived (esp in the phrase put-up job)

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Put Up

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1. 
to offer, as for consideration, decision, auction, etc.
2. 
to offer as a candidate
3. 
to preserve or can (fruits, vegetables, etc.)
4. 
to erect; build
5. 
to lodge, or provide lodgings for
6.  US
a. 
to advance or provide (money)
b.  Slang
to do or produce what is needed or wanted
7. 
to arrange (the hair) with curlers, bobby pins, etc.
8. 
to carry on
to put up a struggle
9.  Informal
to incite (a person) to some action
10. 
to sheathe (one's sword)
adjective
Informal
planned secretly beforehand
a put-up job

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Put Up

see synonyms of put up
adj.
Informal
Planned or prearranged secretly: The theft was a put-up job.

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