Word Study
put up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb put up has 9 senses
- put up(v = verb.contact) post - place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump" is one way to instal, install, put in, set up
- put up(v = verb.social) offer, provide - mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" is one way to engage, wage
- put up(v = verb.creation) erect, raise, rear, set up - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" is one way to build, construct, make
- put up(v = verb.cognition) abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate - put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "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" is one way to allow, countenance, let, permit
- put up(v = verb.possession) Array - make available for sale at an auction; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction" is one way to offer
- put up(v = verb.change) can, tin - preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" is one way to keep, preserve
- put up(v = verb.social) domiciliate, house - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" is one way to shelter
- put up(v = verb.possession) contribute - provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount" is one way to pay
- put up(v = verb.communication) nominate, put forward - propose as a candidate for some honor; Array is one way to nominate, propose
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The chefs put up the vegetables
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THESAURUS
put up
accommodate, accumulate, add to, aggrandize, amass, amplify, ante, ante up, as earnest, assemble, at stake, augment, backlog, base, bed, berth, bestow, billet, board, bond, boost, bottle, bottomry, broaden, build, build in, build up, bunk, can, cast, collect, compose, compound, concoct, concocted, construct, cooked-up, create, cumulate, cut out, cut-and-dried, cut-and-dry, deposit, deposited, designate, devise, do up, domicile, domiciliate, elaborate, elevate, enlarge, erect, escalate, establish, evolve, exalt, expand, extend, extrude, fabricate, fabricated, fabulous, fancied, fantasied, fantastic, fashion, fasten up, fatten, fictional, fictitious, figmental, fill out, fix, fixed, forge, forged, form, formulate, found, frame, fudge together, furnish accommodations, garner, garner up, gather into barns, get up, go bail, ground, hand over, handsel, hang, hang up, harbor, hatched, heap up, hide, hike, hike up, hoard, hoard up, hock, hold, hold forth, hold out, house, hut, hypothecate, impignorate, in hock, in pawn, in the bag, increase, indite, inflate, install, invented, invest, jack up, jar, jump, jump up, keep, lay down, lay the foundation, lay up, legendary, lengthen, lodge, made-up, make, make up, manufacture, manufactured, mature, maximize, mold, mortgage, mythical, name, name for office, nominate, offer, offer for sale, on deposit, on ice, packed, parlay, patch together, pawn, pawned, pay over, piece together, pile up, pitch, planned, plant, pledge, pledged, plotted, post, posted, pot, prearranged, preconcerted, precontrived, prefabricate, prefer, premeditated, preordered, prepare, present, produce, proffer, propose, put down, put in, put in hock, put in pawn, put together, put up, pyramid, quarter, raise, rear, rigged, room, run, run for office, run up, save, save up, schemed, seat, secrete, set, set up, set-up, shape, shelter, sling, spout, squirrel, squirrel away, stable, stacked, stake, staked, stock up, stockpile, store up, submit, suspend, tender, thicken, tin, treasure, treasure up, trumped-up, up, up the spout, uprear, vest, whomp up, writeROGET THESAURUS
put up
Store
VB store, put by, lay by, set by, stow away, set apart, lay apart, store treasure, hoard treasure, lay up, heap up, put up, garner up, save up, bank, cache, accumulate, amass, hoard, fund, garner, save, reserve, keep back, hold back, husband, husband one's resources, deposit, stow, stack, load, harvest, heap, collect, lay in store Adj, keep, file (papers), lay in, preserve.Assemblage
VB assemble, collect, muster, meet, unite, join, rejoin, cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate, congregate, conglomerate, concentrate, precipitate, center round, rendezvous, resort, come together, flock get together, pig together, forgather, huddle, reassemble, assemble, muster, bring together, get together, put together, draw together, scrape together, lump together, collect, collocate, colligate, get, whip in, gather, hold a meeting, convene, convoke, convocate, rake up, dredge, heap, mass, pile, pack, put up, truss, cram, acervate, agglomerate, aggregate, compile, group, aggroup, concentrate, unite, collect into a focus, bring into a focus, amass, accumulate, collect in a dragnet, heap Ossa upon Pelion.Location
VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.Worship
VB worship, lift up the heart, aspire, revere, adore, do service, pay homage, humble oneself, kneel, bow the knee, bend the knee, fall down, fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself, bow down and worship, pray, invoke, supplicate, put up, offer up prayers, offer petitions, beseech, say one's prayers, tell one's beads, return thanks, give thanks, say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises, give benediction, lead the choir, intone, deacon, deacon off propitiate, offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself, vow, offer vows, give alms, work out one's salvation, go to church, attend service, attend mass, communicate.
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