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{
"Putin":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": plant":[
"put in a crop"
],
": to come in with : interpose":[
"put in a word for his brother"
],
": to make a formal offer or declaration of":[
"put in a plea of guilty"
],
": to make an application, request, or offer":[
"\u2014 often used with for had to retire and put in for a pension \u2014 Seymour Nagan"
],
": to spend (time) especially at some occupation or job":[
"put in six hours at the office"
],
"Vladimir Vladimirovich 1952\u2013 president of Russia (2000\u201308); prime minister (2008\u201312); president (2012\u2013 )":[]
},
"examples":[
"put in a crop of winter wheat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last month, Chinese banks cut mortgage costs by the largest amount since a new interest rate system was put in place in 2019. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"As plans were being put in place for the move, Disney employees were offered moving assistance to relocate. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Before a new one could be put in , the Wings were Stanley Cup champions. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"To put in context, last year, Amazon posted more than two million deals in just two days. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"Similarly, offshore wind can co-locate with aquaculture projects and act as a source of renewable power if the correct policy framework is put in place. \u2014 Sverre Alvik, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Jessica Secor finished second in the 1600 (5:00.78) and 3200 (10:52.70), while the relay teams put in strong performances as well. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 4 June 2022",
"In the meantime, could something as simple as an alert system be put in place between gun sellers and the local police",
"Instead of having the pitcher try to get the batter to chase a pitch outside of the strike zone, Johnson is asking for more strikes, even if more of those pitches get put in play. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 30 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00fc-tin"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"drill",
"plant",
"seed",
"sow"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104014",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"verb"
]
},
"Putnam scale":{
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"definitions":{
": a scale ( Aspidiotus ancylus ) that feeds on various trees and shrubs throughout most of the U.S.":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from the name Putnam":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259tn\u0259m-"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195610",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Putrajaya":{
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"definitions":{
"city and federal administrative center of Malaysia in the southwestern peninsular part of the country":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u00fc-tr\u0259-\u02c8j\u012b-\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043013",
"type":[
"geographical name"
]
},
"put":{
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"definitions":{
": adapt":[
"lyrics put to music"
],
": add , combine":[],
": an option to sell a specified amount of a security (such as a stock) or commodity (such as wheat) at a fixed price at or within a specified time \u2014 compare call sense 3d":[],
": apply":[
"put her mind to the problem"
],
": assert , propose":[],
": assign":[
"put them to work"
],
": attach , attribute":[
"puts a high value on their friendship"
],
": being in place : fixed , set":[
"stay put until I call"
],
": bet , wager":[
"put $2 on the favorite"
],
": express , state":[
"putting it mildly"
],
": identify":[
"put his finger on the cause of the trouble"
],
": impel , incite":[
"put them into a frenzy"
],
": impose , inflict":[
"put a special tax on luxuries"
],
": impute":[
"put the blame on the partners"
],
": invest entry 1 sense 1":[
"put her money in the company"
],
": propose":[
"put forward a theory"
],
": remind":[],
": repose , rest":[
"puts his faith in reason"
],
": to ask for money":[],
": to bring into a specified state or condition":[
"a reapportionment \u2026 that was put into effect at the September primaries",
"\u2014 Current Biography"
],
": to bring into action : exert":[],
": to call for a formal vote on":[
"put the motion"
],
": to cause to endure or suffer something : subject":[
"put traitors to death"
],
": to cause to perform an action : urge":[
"put the horse over the fence"
],
": to convey into another form":[
"want to put my feelings into words"
],
": to create as a unified whole : construct":[],
": to devote (oneself) to an activity or end":[
"put himself to winning back their confidence"
],
": to finish off : bring an end to":[],
": to give as an estimate":[
"put the time as about eleven"
],
": to inform on":[
"put the finger on \u2026 heroin pushers",
"\u2014 Barrie Zwicker"
],
": to make a tactless or embarrassing blunder":[],
": to make public : issue":[],
": to make sexual advances toward":[],
": to make the final preparations for printing (something, such as a newspaper)":[],
": to move in a specified direction":[],
": to place in a specified position or relationship : lay":[
"put the book on the table"
],
": to prescribe a specified regimen for":[
"\u2014 usually used with on put her on medication put him on a diet"
],
": to produce or send out by growth":[
"put forth leaves"
],
": to send (something, such as a weapon or missile) into or through something : thrust":[],
": to set before one for judgment or decision":[
"put the question"
],
": to start out":[],
": to take a firm stand":[],
": to take a specified course":[
"put down the river"
],
": to throw with an overhand pushing motion":[
"put the shot"
],
": to translate into another language or style":[
"put the poem into English"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"Put the car in the garage.",
"I put the keys on the table.",
"He put his arms around her and held her tight.",
"He fell and accidentally put his hand through a window.",
"The illness put her in the hospital for three days.",
"They put her in prison for forgery.",
"Her parents decided to put her in a special school for deaf children.",
"If she drove 55 mph for 20 minutes, that would put her about halfway there by now.",
"Don't forget to put your signature on the check.",
"He put his phone number on a napkin.",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"And my studio sort of took a while to get reassembled and get put back together in a way that was user friendly. \u2014 Jim Ryan, Forbes , 28 June 2022",
"Use cantaloupe, honeydew, kiwi, and grapes along with some letter cookie cutters and candy eyeballs to put together this delightfully spooky fruit platter. \u2014 Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day , 27 June 2022",
"Brian Hartline put together another quality wide receiver class. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 27 June 2022",
"Mayor Eric Adams campaigned with them in Brooklyn on Saturday, and Representative Gregory W. Meeks, the chairman of the Queens Democratic Party who has prodded her to put together a more diverse campaign, accompanied her to church on Sunday. \u2014 New York Times , 26 June 2022",
"Still, having dutifully sat through half of this eight-episode season, the sense that the pieces can be satisfactorily put together, at least for those who were skeptical going on, feels asked and answered. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 26 June 2022",
"The Blazers would have to put together a package of players whose contracts would come close to matching Durant\u2019s salary. \u2014 oregonlive , 25 June 2022",
"Jankowski and his team of volunteers worked for over a year to put together a safe route, plan event festivities and find a venue to host bike riders. \u2014 Addison Lathers, Journal Sentinel , 25 June 2022",
"The best way to prepare for a hurricane, according to NOAA, is to put together a hurricane kit, check your house for a shoddy shutter or roof and stay informed. \u2014 Mythili Devarakonda, USA TODAY , 24 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"That\u2019s the put it in-your-face front-and-center kind of argument. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
"Moments later, Grant Williams corralled an offensive rebound for a put back, forcing Kerr to a call for a timeout as the home crowd roared. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"Leah and Corey turned around, battled the current to the put -in, and rushed back to Leah\u2019s car, which was covered in ash. \u2014 Patty Hodapp, Outside Online , 8 June 2022",
"Two singles to lead off the inning put runners at first and third with nobody out. \u2014 James Weber, The Enquirer , 4 June 2022",
"The Buffalo mass shooting put issues of food disparity on display, as NPR reporter Laurel Wamsley pointed out. \u2014 Chloe Berger, Fortune , 25 May 2022",
"What investigators discovered next put Jennifer's estranged husband on the top of the list of suspects. \u2014 Erin Moriarty, CBS News , 19 May 2022",
"Pin a tag or have a staffer put tape on each stain. \u2014 Kevin Brasler, Washington Post , 17 May 2022",
"Many investors are concerned that the Fed put has now been withdrawn. \u2014 John Cassidy, The New Yorker , 14 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
"Which types of options to use when At Logica Capital, Himelsein tends to buy more call options on individual positions and focus more on the broader market for the downside with put options on the S&P 500 and other broad indices. \u2014 Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
"The time-saving tricks from One Bed include a fitted sheet with stay- put straps, labels for long and short sides and a split-corner flat sheet that is simple to tuck in without leaving excess fabric. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 17 May 2022",
"Lines have been drawn, and the choice to step over or stay put is looming. \u2014 Lincee Ray, EW.com , 4 Mar. 2022",
"For the second straight year, the government has advised those living away from home to stay put , and train and plane travel has been curtailed. \u2014 NBC News , 2 Feb. 2022",
"Underwater, the tiger sharks stayed put \u2026 and immediately following the storm, their numbers doubled. \u2014 Melissa Cristina M\u00e1rquez, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
"Lehigh coach Brett Reed stayed put and just finished his 14th season at the school. \u2014 Ralph D. Russo, chicagotribune.com , 20 Mar. 2021",
"Governor Dukakis told everyone to stay put , and yet the Globe resumed publication on Wednesday morning. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 3 Mar. 2022",
"Investors are also buying more put options, contracts that give them the right to sell stocks and other assets at a specific price. \u2014 Paul R. La Monica, CNN , 17 July 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1841, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English putten ; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch poten to plant":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053323",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"put (someone or something) in the shade":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be much better than (someone or something)":[
"Their performance really put ours in the shade ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192533",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put (someone or something) through his/her/its paces":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to test what someone or something can do":[
"We brought home three different computers and put them through their paces ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200235",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put (someone or something) to shame":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to be much better than (someone or something)":[
"Her art project put mine to shame ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200849",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put (someone) out to grass":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to force (someone) to leave a job because of old age":[
"I'm not ready to be put out to grass just yet."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193930",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put a name to (someone or something)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to think of and say the name of (someone or something)":[
"Can you put a name to the face in this photograph",
"I couldn't put a name to the emotion I was feeling."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184055",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put a tail on (someone)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to have someone follow (another person)":[
"They put a tail on the suspect."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-124530",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put away":{
"antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"definitions":{
": bury":[],
": discard , renounce":[
"to put grief away is disloyal to the memory of the departed",
"\u2014 H. A. Overstreet"
],
": divorce":[],
": kill":[],
": to confine especially in a mental institution":[],
": to eat or drink up : consume":[]
},
"examples":[
"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bury",
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"tomb"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001829",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put by":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": reject":[],
": to lay aside : save":[]
},
"examples":[
"have money put by for an emergency"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034558",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put considerable store in/by":{
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"definitions":{
": to feel that something is very important and valuable":[
"He puts considerable store in/by her opinions."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-182132",
"type":[
"idiom"
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"put down":{
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"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"definitions":{
": attribute":[
"put it down to inexperience"
],
": consume":[
"putting down helping after helping",
"\u2014 Carson McCullers"
],
": depose , degrade":[],
": disapprove , criticize":[
"was put down for the way she dressed"
],
": disparage , belittle":[
"mentioned his poetry only to put it down"
],
": humiliate , squelch":[
"put him down with a sharp retort"
],
": to bring to an end : stop":[
"put down a riot"
],
": to do away with (an injured, sick, or aged animal) : destroy":[],
": to enter in a list":[],
": to establish a permanent residence":[],
": to make ineffective : check":[
"put down the gossip"
],
": to pack or preserve for future use":[],
": to place in a category":[
"I put him down as a hypochondriac",
"\u2014 O. S. J. Gogarty"
],
": to put in writing":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism",
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
"1932, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307t-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181648",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"put great demands on":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to require use of a large amount of":[
"A full-time job in addition to school puts great demands on her time."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114201",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put ideas in/into someone's head":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to cause someone to have ideas or suspicions that he or she would not have had otherwise":[
"Don't go putting ideas in/into his head ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-104237",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put in":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": plant":[
"put in a crop"
],
": to come in with : interpose":[
"put in a word for his brother"
],
": to make a formal offer or declaration of":[
"put in a plea of guilty"
],
": to make an application, request, or offer":[
"\u2014 often used with for had to retire and put in for a pension \u2014 Seymour Nagan"
],
": to spend (time) especially at some occupation or job":[
"put in six hours at the office"
],
"Vladimir Vladimirovich 1952\u2013 president of Russia (2000\u201308); prime minister (2008\u201312); president (2012\u2013 )":[]
},
"examples":[
"put in a crop of winter wheat",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Last month, Chinese banks cut mortgage costs by the largest amount since a new interest rate system was put in place in 2019. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"As plans were being put in place for the move, Disney employees were offered moving assistance to relocate. \u2014 Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times , 15 June 2022",
"Before a new one could be put in , the Wings were Stanley Cup champions. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2022",
"To put in context, last year, Amazon posted more than two million deals in just two days. \u2014 Christian Gollayan, Men's Health , 10 June 2022",
"Similarly, offshore wind can co-locate with aquaculture projects and act as a source of renewable power if the correct policy framework is put in place. \u2014 Sverre Alvik, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
"Jessica Secor finished second in the 1600 (5:00.78) and 3200 (10:52.70), while the relay teams put in strong performances as well. \u2014 J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal , 4 June 2022",
"In the meantime, could something as simple as an alert system be put in place between gun sellers and the local police",
"Instead of having the pitcher try to get the batter to chase a pitch outside of the strike zone, Johnson is asking for more strikes, even if more of those pitches get put in play. \u2014 Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer , 30 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u00fc-tin"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"drill",
"plant",
"seed",
"sow"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-074522",
"type":[
"biographical name",
"verb"
]
},
"put in a call to":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to call (someone) on the telephone":[
"The prime minister put in a call to the White House."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083743",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put in a good word":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to say something good about someone":[
"Would you mind putting in a good word for me"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-084238",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put in one's two cents":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to express one's opinion":[
"You will each have a chance to put in your two cents ."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181540",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"put into":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to invest (time, money, etc.) in (something)":[
"We put a lot of money into (fixing up) that house."
],
": to use (a certain amount of energy or effort) when doing (something)":[
"He puts a lot of energy into his performances."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184325",
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
]
},
"put off":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": disconcert":[],
": repel":[],
": to hold back to a later time":[],
": to induce to wait":[
"put the bill collector off"
],
": to rid oneself of : take off":[],
": to sell or pass fraudulently":[]
},
"examples":[
"never put off until tomorrow what you can do today",
"put off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"defer",
"delay",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"hold up",
"lay over",
"postpone",
"put over",
"remit",
"shelve"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-194627",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put on":{
"antonyms":[
"act",
"airs",
"charade",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"definitions":{
": add":[
"put on weight"
],
": an instance of putting someone on":[
"conversational put-ons are related to old-fashioned joshing",
"\u2014 Jacob Brackman"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival",
"put out the campfire before leaving",
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"Fouts got the first two batters to ground out to her for a 1-3 putout . \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 21 May 2022",
"In the bottom of the tenth inning with two outs and two runners on base, Beeman struck out, and Newberg catcher Abby Carsley made the putout with a throw to first base to deny Lakeridge a walk-off win. \u2014 oregonlive , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Machado, a third baseman, had a putout in deep right field and an assist from his normal position in the fourth inning. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, ajc , 6 Sep. 2021",
"Senior catcher Devyn Tracey let the moment sink in after second baseman Grace Bielski caught a soft pop for the game\u2019s final out, her sixth putout of the game. \u2014 Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com , 16 June 2021",
"While the Tigers recorded an out after catcher Jake Rogers' error on a pickoff attempt, thanks to an uncanny 9-3-5-6-1-4 putout , the throw past first baseman Cabrera gifted Chicago a 4-2 lead. \u2014 Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press , 12 June 2021",
"That\u2019s when Baez\u2019s teammate Willson Contreras came barreling home, prompting Craig to toss the ball to the Pirates catcher, who missed a putout on Contreras. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 28 May 2021",
"That play turned into a 1-3-1 putout that brought home the Pirates\u2019 first run. \u2014 Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle , 15 May 2021",
"Because Marte was going on an 0-1 pitch from Aaron Sanchez to Jesus Aguilar with one out in the first, what probably would have been an inning-ending 6-4-3 double-play grounder turned into simply a 6-3 putout . \u2014 Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"The Japanese fashion designer \u2014 a protege of iconic Comme des Garcons couturier Rei Kawakubo \u2014 put out an urban, yet soft, display for his eponymous brand Friday. \u2014 Thomas Adamson, ajc , 24 June 2022",
"By early afternoon Friday, Trump put out a statement taking a victory lap, including applauding himself for sticking by his choice of nominees. \u2014 Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com , 24 June 2022",
"By early afternoon on Friday, Mr. Trump put out a statement taking a victory lap, including applauding himself for sticking by his choice of nominees. \u2014 New York Times , 24 June 2022",
"In the early Eighties, Morante also put out two solo albums, Corpo a Corpo and Abbasso. \u2014 Kory Grow, Rolling Stone , 23 June 2022",
"Investigators put out a warrant out for Armstrong's arrest on May 25 for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. \u2014 ABC News , 23 June 2022",
"George put out a call on his radio, and a second officer, Jerome Billings, apprehended Dunn after a foot chase, cuffed him, and escorted him to a police car. \u2014 Chris Pomorski, The New Republic , 23 June 2022",
"Some people observed small spot fires caused by sparks, but they were put out , Trost said. \u2014 Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle , 21 June 2022",
"If it were put out nationwide for Record Store Day in that limited a quantity, it\u2019d most be snatched up by vinyl enthusiasts and sold out in a matter of days. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 7 June 2022"
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"\u02c8pu\u0307t-\u02ccau\u0307t"
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"the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically"
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"verb"
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"\u2014 used in the phrase put up or shut up"
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"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof",
"plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"YAM Marley Station bought the 775,000-square-feet of the mall, including nearly 25 acres of land, in October for $10.5 million after it was put up for a foreclosure auction in 2020. \u2014 Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun , 14 June 2022",
"The pools are located at private residences and are put up for rental by homeowners. \u2014 Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal , 13 June 2022",
"The franchise was officially put up for sale in February. \u2014 Siladitya Ray, Forbes , 8 June 2022",
"From there, a maze of legal proceedings preceded the franchise officially being put up for sale on Feb. 1. \u2014 Parker Gabriel, USA TODAY , 8 June 2022",
"All seven Bowlen children could not reach an agreement on who should take charge, so the team was put up for auction. \u2014 New York Times , 8 June 2022",
"But as the number of nuns has dwindled from a high two decades ago of more than 40 to a low in recent months of three, friends and neighbors of the monastery feared that the historic property would be put up for sale. \u2014 Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 7 June 2022",
"In the decades since Roe, the percentage of children who have been put up for adoption has declined. \u2014 Safia Samee Ali, NBC News , 4 June 2022",
"Dorval said it\u2019s important for groups like hers to step up as these camps are put up for sale. \u2014 al , 4 June 2022"
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"poor-mouth",
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"putting down helping after helping",
"\u2014 Carson McCullers"
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"I put him down as a hypochondriac",
"\u2014 O. S. J. Gogarty"
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"Verb",
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism",
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
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"\u02c8pu\u0307t-\u02ccdau\u0307n"
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"affront",
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"pretence",
"semblance",
"show"
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"conversational put-ons are related to old-fashioned joshing",
"\u2014 Jacob Brackman"
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"put a saintly manner on"
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"you're putting me on"
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"a kind of put-on of every pretentious film ever made",
"\u2014 C. A. Ridley"
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"the interviewer \u2026 must be put down\u2014or possibly, put on",
"\u2014 Melvin Maddocks"
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"examples":[
"Verb",
"I put on a coat and shoes to go outside.",
"some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made"
],
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb",
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"circa 1625, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307t-\u02cc\u022fn",
"-\u02c8\u00e4n",
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"\u02c8pu\u0307t-\u02c8\u022fn"
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"affected",
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"assumed",
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"contrived",
"factitious",
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"false",
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"mock",
"phony",
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"spurious",
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"unnatural"
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"verb"
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": a small gasoline engine or a vehicle or boat equipped with one":[
"a phonograph and a radio and a flivver and a put-put for the canoe",
"\u2014 Fannie Kilbourne",
"experimenting with fast-flying combat planes to replace the slow-flying put-puts now used for the job",
"\u2014 Time"
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": a sound made by or suggestive of the operation of a small gasoline engine":[
"the put-put of its motor",
"\u2014 Kay Boyle",
"occasionally there would be the rapid put-put of conversation",
"\u2014 Donn Byrne"
],
": to make put-puts : make the flat regularly repeated explosive sound of a small gasoline engine":[
"his angry style, which keeps put-putting in a series of equal explosions like a one-cylinder gasoline engine",
"\u2014 Malcolm Cowley"
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": to proceed or operate with or as if with put-puts : travel in a vehicle or boat that put-puts":[
"the launch went put-putting across the darkening harbor",
"\u2014 William Irish",
"put-put off across the water to visit the alligators",
"\u2014 J. L. Jolley"
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"antonyms":[],
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"idiom"
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"antonyms":[],
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"His enemies put/took out a contract on him."
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114821",
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"idiom"
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the large dark lateral part of the basal ganglion which comprises the external portion of the corpus striatum and which has connections to the caudate nucleus":[]
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But the right parietal lobe does have functional and anatomical connections to the putamen , Hayashi said, so perhaps the interactions of the two produce a more cohesive perception of time. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 24 Sep. 2020",
"Brain scans of the study participants tracked this effect in a region called the putamen , which is involved in motor learning and other functions. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 24 Sep. 2020"
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"1877, in the meaning defined above":""
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"This has always been a nation willing to sell out its past for putative progress. \u2014 Anna Quindlen , Newsweek , 3 June 2002",
"The putative champions of liberty took up the cry of dissent only after it had become profitable and safe \u2026 \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , June 2000",
"Back in Hollywood in a few weeks, I was discouraged to find yet another putative director wandering about in the Cowan offices, also unpaid. \u2014 Arthur Miller , Timebends , 1987",
"the putative reason for her dismissal was poor job performance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In parallel, the XRP Army has organized into a putative class of over 60,000 retail XRP holders led by friend of the court John E. Deaton. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Selections include Cambria, Calif., a seaside village near many notable Pacific Coast attractions; Bemidji, Minn., the putative birthplace of Paul Bunyan; and Winslow, Ariz., once mentioned in an Eagles song. \u2014 al , 6 June 2022",
"That\u2019s for its putative health benefits (a whole different debate, though similarly fraught). \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 20 Jan. 2021",
"One way to measure these mores and practices is to count state laws: How many states recognize a putative right and how many try to abridge it",
"Dealers in NFTs, digital land, promoters of Web3 and pay-to-play crypto games, all have their view of the putative Metaverse and their role in it. \u2014 Charlie Fink, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"That financial advantage means Bayern exists in a different reality from its putative peers. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Zelensky\u2019s putative foes found their own metaphors, too. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Colin Meyer\u2019s letter to the editor (April 15) dismisses aircraft carriers as useless by puffing up the putative power of Chinese hypersonic missiles. \u2014 WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from Late Latin putativus , from Latin putatus , past participle of putare to think":""
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-t\u0259-tiv"
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"ostensible",
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"supposed"
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": commonly accepted or supposed":[]
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"This has always been a nation willing to sell out its past for putative progress. \u2014 Anna Quindlen , Newsweek , 3 June 2002",
"The putative champions of liberty took up the cry of dissent only after it had become profitable and safe \u2026 \u2014 Lewis H. Lapham , Harper's , June 2000",
"Back in Hollywood in a few weeks, I was discouraged to find yet another putative director wandering about in the Cowan offices, also unpaid. \u2014 Arthur Miller , Timebends , 1987",
"the putative reason for her dismissal was poor job performance",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In parallel, the XRP Army has organized into a putative class of over 60,000 retail XRP holders led by friend of the court John E. Deaton. \u2014 Roslyn Layton, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Selections include Cambria, Calif., a seaside village near many notable Pacific Coast attractions; Bemidji, Minn., the putative birthplace of Paul Bunyan; and Winslow, Ariz., once mentioned in an Eagles song. \u2014 al , 6 June 2022",
"That\u2019s for its putative health benefits (a whole different debate, though similarly fraught). \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 20 Jan. 2021",
"One way to measure these mores and practices is to count state laws: How many states recognize a putative right and how many try to abridge it",
"Dealers in NFTs, digital land, promoters of Web3 and pay-to-play crypto games, all have their view of the putative Metaverse and their role in it. \u2014 Charlie Fink, Forbes , 30 Apr. 2022",
"That financial advantage means Bayern exists in a different reality from its putative peers. \u2014 New York Times , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Zelensky\u2019s putative foes found their own metaphors, too. \u2014 Washington Post , 12 Apr. 2022",
"Colin Meyer\u2019s letter to the editor (April 15) dismisses aircraft carriers as useless by puffing up the putative power of Chinese hypersonic missiles. \u2014 WSJ , 20 Apr. 2022"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"Middle English, from Late Latin putativus , from Latin putatus , past participle of putare to think":""
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-t\u0259-tiv"
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"apparent",
"assumed",
"evident",
"ostensible",
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"presumed",
"prima facie",
"reputed",
"seeming",
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"adjective",
"adverb"
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"definitions":{
": muggy , sultry":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u02c8pu\u0307t\u035fh\u0259ri"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122553",
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"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": rotten , worthless":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin putidus , from put\u0113re to stink, be rotten":""
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"\u02c8py\u00fct\u0259\u0307d"
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"adjective",
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": putrefactive":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin putrefacient-, putrefaciens , present participle of putrefacere":""
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"\u00a6py\u00fc\u2027tr\u0259\u00a6f\u0101sh\u0259nt"
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"adjective"
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": the state of being putrefied : corruption":[]
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"clearing the refrigerator of what the previous tenant had left behind was like taking a course in the advanced putrefaction of leftovers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Decomposition brings with it gases and odors and scavengers, which can be disturbing and unpleasant for the living, but putrefaction itself is not a source of disease. \u2014 Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine , 28 Sep. 2021",
"The globe is smooth, the hand strokes its polished, multicolored surface, under the blue of distant waters and islands there is bleeding and putrefaction . \u2014 Claudio Magris, Harper's Magazine , 25 May 2021",
"Such a consistent putrefaction pattern also comes as a surprise to others on the trail of early animal evolution. \u2014 Katherine Harmon, Scientific American , 31 Jan. 2010",
"The putrefaction of the university, and of elite American and European culture more generally, has made the task of rebuilding liberal institutions an urgent one. \u2014 Bruce Gilley, WSJ , 7 Oct. 2020",
"At its peak of putrefaction , the region featured more than two dozen horse-rendering plants, fish oil factories and garbage incinerators, turning Dead Horse Bay into one of New York\u2019s most foul-smelling stretches of navigable water. \u2014 Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 Aug. 2020",
"His job had been to excavate the bomb shelters and basements to remove the rotting corpses before the entire city started to stink of human putrefaction . \u2014 Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine , 10 Mar. 2020",
"All three methods delay the process of putrefaction . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019",
"All three methods delay the process of putrefaction . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"Middle English putrefaccion , from Late Latin putrefaction-, putrefactio , from Latin putrefacere":""
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"\u02ccpy\u00fc-tr\u0259-\u02c8fak-sh\u0259n"
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"breakdown",
"corruption",
"decay",
"decomposition",
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"putrescence",
"rot",
"spoilage"
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"noun"
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": putrescible":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u00a6py\u00fc\u2027tr\u0259\u00a6f\u012b\u0259b\u0259l"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065312",
"type":[
"adjective"
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": to make putrid":[],
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},
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"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many recipes that survive from antiquity call for allowing fish to putrefy in open vats under the Mediterranean sun for up to three months. \u2014 Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Oct. 2021",
"But some of the ailments Romans suffered boggle the mind\u2014vicious fevers, wasting diseases and worms living in putrefying wounds that refused to heal. \u2014 Edward Watts, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020",
"But this, Marcus stresses, only causes our emotions to putrefy and fester. \u2014 Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The paintings of putrefying corpses and splayed-open cadavers made by Hyman Bloom between 1943 and 1954 constitute one of the most extraordinary and disturbingly beautiful bodies of work in American art. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 31 July 2019",
"The injunction contends that long-distance travel does not broaden the mind, as commonly supposed, but putrefies the character by exposing it to impurity. \u2014 Alex Perry, Outside Online , 24 July 2019",
"Soutine\u2019s table is brutally buckled, and the roiling white tablecloth, yellowish-green, suggests putrefying flesh and pitching sea, nearly capsizing a standing jug and pitcher. \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 2 May 2018",
"Sulfur atoms had started to bind with his hemoglobin, a process that would typically only occur in putrefying corpses. \u2014 Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine , 6 Oct. 2017",
"Time, heat and water were Yaw\u2019s enemies now, conspiring beneath the carpets to rot and putrefy . \u2014 Jack Healy, New York Times , 2 Sep. 2017"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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"Middle English putrefien , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French putrefier , from Latin putrefacere , from putr\u0113re to be rotten + facere to make \u2014 more at do":""
},
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-tr\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for putrefy decay , decompose , rot , putrefy , spoil mean to undergo destructive dissolution. decay implies a slow change from a state of soundness or perfection. a decaying mansion decompose stresses a breaking down by chemical change and when applied to organic matter a corruption. the strong odor of decomposing vegetation rot is a close synonym of decompose and often connotes foulness. fruit was left to rot in warehouses putrefy implies the rotting of animal matter and offensiveness to sight and smell. corpses putrefying on the battlefield spoil applies chiefly to the decomposition of foods. keep the ham from spoiling",
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"break down",
"corrupt",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"foul",
"mold",
"molder",
"perish",
"rot",
"spoil"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"definitions":{
": something (as a bacterium) that causes putrefaction":[]
},
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"-\u012b\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175859",
"type":[
"noun"
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"putrefy":{
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": to make putrid":[],
": to undergo putrefaction":[]
},
"examples":[
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Many recipes that survive from antiquity call for allowing fish to putrefy in open vats under the Mediterranean sun for up to three months. \u2014 Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Oct. 2021",
"But some of the ailments Romans suffered boggle the mind\u2014vicious fevers, wasting diseases and worms living in putrefying wounds that refused to heal. \u2014 Edward Watts, Smithsonian Magazine , 28 Apr. 2020",
"But this, Marcus stresses, only causes our emotions to putrefy and fester. \u2014 Barrett Swanson, Harper's magazine , 28 Oct. 2019",
"The paintings of putrefying corpses and splayed-open cadavers made by Hyman Bloom between 1943 and 1954 constitute one of the most extraordinary and disturbingly beautiful bodies of work in American art. \u2014 Sebastian Smee, Washington Post , 31 July 2019",
"The injunction contends that long-distance travel does not broaden the mind, as commonly supposed, but putrefies the character by exposing it to impurity. \u2014 Alex Perry, Outside Online , 24 July 2019",
"Soutine\u2019s table is brutally buckled, and the roiling white tablecloth, yellowish-green, suggests putrefying flesh and pitching sea, nearly capsizing a standing jug and pitcher. \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 2 May 2018",
"Sulfur atoms had started to bind with his hemoglobin, a process that would typically only occur in putrefying corpses. \u2014 Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine , 6 Oct. 2017",
"Time, heat and water were Yaw\u2019s enemies now, conspiring beneath the carpets to rot and putrefy . \u2014 Jack Healy, New York Times , 2 Sep. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
},
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"Middle English putrefien , from Middle French & Latin; Middle French putrefier , from Latin putrefacere , from putr\u0113re to be rotten + facere to make \u2014 more at do":""
},
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"\u02c8py\u00fc-tr\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for putrefy decay , decompose , rot , putrefy , spoil mean to undergo destructive dissolution. decay implies a slow change from a state of soundness or perfection. a decaying mansion decompose stresses a breaking down by chemical change and when applied to organic matter a corruption. the strong odor of decomposing vegetation rot is a close synonym of decompose and often connotes foulness. fruit was left to rot in warehouses putrefy implies the rotting of animal matter and offensiveness to sight and smell. corpses putrefying on the battlefield spoil applies chiefly to the decomposition of foods. keep the ham from spoiling",
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"break down",
"corrupt",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"foul",
"mold",
"molder",
"perish",
"rot",
"spoil"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100539",
"type":[
"verb"
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"putresce":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to become putrescent or putrid : putrefy":[]
},
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin putrescere":""
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"py\u00fc\u2027\u02c8tres"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071618",
"type":[
"intransitive verb"
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"putrescence":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": the state of being putrescent":[]
},
"examples":[
"in the far corner of the walk-in refrigerator was a crate of cucumbers in an advanced stage of putrescence",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was no evidence to suggest the existence of four receptor classes, rather than three, or five, or ten; nor was there any serious reason to believe that acidity and goatiness\u2014but not, say, florality or putrescence \u2014were fundamentals of odor. \u2014 Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine , 23 Nov. 2021",
"In various states of putrescence \u2014worms wriggling, entrails dangling\u2014cadavers rise from their graves to join the Dance of Death. \u2014 Felipe Fern\u00e1ndez-armesto, WSJ , 24 Apr. 2020",
"At the opposite end of spring's floral awakening lingers the rot of deciduous fall: the putrescence of stranded, spent salmon; the sweet stench of walrus or whale melting on Nome's driftwood beaches. \u2014 Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News , 1 July 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1646, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"py\u00fc-\u02c8tre-s\u1d4an(t)s"
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"synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"corruption",
"decay",
"decomposition",
"festering",
"putrefaction",
"rot",
"spoilage"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091912",
"type":[
"noun"
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"putrescency":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": putrescence":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from (assumed) New Latin putrescentia":""
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"pronounciation":[
"-ns\u0113"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002049",
"type":[
"noun"
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"putrescent":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to putrefaction":[],
": undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The most common are oils (cinnamon, clove, thyme, garlic, etc.), putrescent whole egg solids, dried blood, etc. \u2014 Kym Pokorny, OregonLive.com , 17 Apr. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin putrescent-, putrescens , present participle of putrescere to grow rotten, inchoative of putr\u0113re":""
},
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"py\u00fc-\u02c8tre-s\u1d4ant",
"py\u00fc-\u02c8tres-\u1d4ant"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105740",
"type":[
"adjective"
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"antonyms":[
"undecomposed"
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": being in a state of putrefaction : rotten":[],
": morally corrupt":[],
": of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction : foul":[
"a putrid odor"
],
": totally objectionable":[]
},
"examples":[
"a putrid shade of green",
"the putrid remains of a dead raccoon on the side of the highway",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Open basement doors reveal a putrid stew of trash and standing water. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 13 June 2022",
"That helps overcome a putrid first two rounds, when five of the six SEC teams in the field were cut down as favorites. \u2014 Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY , 25 Mar. 2022",
"Live fish are dead and rotting in their tanks now, their heads rising just above the putrid water. \u2014 Phil Mccausland, NBC News , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The Celtics looked putrid in their first third quarter of the NBA Finals, like a team that was frazzled by their more experienced and precise opponents. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 3 June 2022",
"Boston converted on just 10 of their 22 shots within four feet of the basket\u2014a putrid 45.5 percent. \u2014 Brian Sampson, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"In one notorious incident caught by TV cameras, a crew member on the Wizard shed most of his clothes and jumped overboard in an unsuccessful attempt to help bring aboard a putrid , dead walrus, valued for its tusks. \u2014 Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News , 3 Apr. 2022",
"Days and nights of dull watches and putrid food are punctuated by the terrors of sea storms and savage battles. \u2014 Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
"Asim juxtaposes violent savagery with familiar nuisances \u2014 pestering insects, smothering heat, the putrid smell of death \u2014 emphasizing how the Stolen cope. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 Feb. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin putridus , from putr\u0113re to be rotten, from puter, putris rotten; akin to Latin put\u0113re to stink \u2014 more at foul entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8py\u00fc-tr\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for putrid malodorous , stinking , fetid , noisome , putrid , rank , fusty , musty mean bad-smelling. malodorous may range from the unpleasant to the strongly offensive. malodorous fertilizers stinking and fetid suggest the foul or disgusting. prisoners were held in stinking cells the fetid odor of skunk cabbage noisome adds a suggestion of being harmful or unwholesome as well as offensive. a stagnant, noisome sewer putrid implies particularly the sickening odor of decaying organic matter. the putrid smell of rotting fish rank suggests a strong unpleasant smell. rank cigar smoke fusty and musty suggest lack of fresh air and sunlight, fusty also implying prolonged uncleanliness, musty stressing the effects of dampness, mildew, or age. a fusty attic the musty odor of a damp cellar",
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"addled",
"bad",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrefied",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001304",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"puttanesca":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": served with or being a pungent tomato sauce typically containing olives, garlic, capers, hot pepper, and sometimes anchovies":[
"\u2014 usually used postpositively pasta puttanesca"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1969, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, short for alla puttanesca , literally, in the style of a prostitute":""
},
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"\u02ccp\u00fc-t\u00e4-\u02c8ne-sk\u00e4"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-175712",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"puttee":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a cloth strip wrapped around the leg from ankle to knee":[],
": a usually leather legging secured by a strap or catch or by laces":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"It\u2019s taken hold at British labels, A-Cold-Wall and Cottweiler, where models were secured with dozens of little puttees and hiking straps. \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 27 July 2018",
"Decked out in green puttees , hobnail boots and a bomber jacket. \u2014 Amanda Demarco, WSJ , 23 Mar. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hindi & Urdu pa\u1e6d\u1e6d\u012b strip of cloth, from Sanskrit pa\u1e6d\u1e6dik\u0101":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"pu\u0307-",
"\u02ccp\u0259-\u02c8t\u0113",
"\u02c8p\u0259-t\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025441",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"putten":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":[
"Definition of putten dialectal past tense of put"
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"pronounciation":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-013158",
"type":[]
},
"putter":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a golf club used in putting":[],
": one that puts":[
"a putter of questions"
],
": one who putts":[],
": to move or act aimlessly or idly":[],
": to work at random : tinker":[]
},
"examples":[
"Verb",
"the motorboat puttered across the lake"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1743, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of potter":"Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259-t\u0259r",
"\u02c8pu\u0307-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032442",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"putter (around)":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to spend time in a relaxed way doing small jobs and other things that are not very important":[
"I didn't do much last weekend. I just puttered around .",
"He spent his vacation puttering around the house/garden."
]
},
"examples":[],
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"the motorboat puttered across the lake"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Participants used the balls on a putting green , and then were asked to rate each ball on a seven-point scale, with 1 being difficult to control and 7 being easy to control. \u2014 Lisa Ward, WSJ , 22 Nov. 2021",
"And no job was discussed more frequently from the putting green to the bar to the pop-a-shots in the GM lounge than the Mets\u2019 GM vacancy. \u2014 Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY , 12 Nov. 2021",
"There\u2019s also an incredible gym, putting green , Olympic-size pool, weight room, lockers, a steam shower and even a tanning room. \u2014 Emma Reynolds, Robb Report , 16 Mar. 2022",
"The golf course will be improved with a practice putting green and the driving range will remain. \u2014 Leon Stafford, ajc , 8 Apr. 2022",
"Outside, hanging lanterns light a turf backyard with a swimming pool, spa, putting green , wine cellar and outdoor projector. \u2014 Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times , 24 Sep. 2021",
"The grounds include rose gardens, oak trees, a nine-hole putting green and sweeping lawns. \u2014 Steve Brown, Dallas News , 21 May 2021",
"Playing off the golf theme, Duffer\u2019s is set to feature three simulators, a putting green for children, and a Golden Tee video game with some open-air seating featuring a total capacity of approximately 100 people, according to Urso. \u2014 Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com , 22 Mar. 2022",
"Resort amenities included two swimming pools, a sun deck, and a nine-hole putting green . \u2014 Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic , 18 Feb. 2022"
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"1805, in the meaning defined above":""
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Above him a grisaille putto holds his fingers to his lips, indicating the secret nature of the encounter. \u2014 WSJ , 7 Dec. 2021",
"In the middle of the set, a pinstriped putto peed into a fountain. \u2014 Vanessa Friedman, New York Times , 30 Sep. 2019",
"Rolling in the sky overhead are winged infants, or putti , who cavort amid splashy clouds of color that seem more liquid than smoky. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland.com , 9 June 2019",
"Even more striking, a dish painted by Pierre II Chapelle (Rouen c. 1725-30) depicts the wine god, Bacchus, about to enjoy a libation freshly squeezed by a merry putto . \u2014 Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ , 1 Jan. 2019",
"These were the sorts of meals involving heaping plates of pasta and red sauce in a restaurant festooned with clich\u00e9s: murals of gondolas, peasants and putti , a soundtrack heavy with accordion and kitsch. \u2014 Patrick Comiskey, latimes.com , 5 Apr. 2018",
"The colorful knitwear that featured cherubic putti in oval frames looked inspired by church ceilings, and angelic visages also graced motorcycle jackets. \u2014 Colleen Barry, The Seattle Times , 13 Jan. 2018",
"Here are lovely interiors by Pietro Longhi and mythological and religious paintings featuring tumbling, bare-breasted nymphs and chubby, nude putti by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. \u2014 Lance Esplund, WSJ , 11 Sep. 2017",
"The most recent owner had layered on some unfortunate touches, including cherubic putti statues in the pool area and a crystal chandelier in the bathroom. \u2014 Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor , 25 Mar. 2015"
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"Italian, literally, boy, from Vulgar Latin *puttus , alteration of Latin putus ; akin to Latin puer boy \u2014 more at puerile":""
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"Don't try to put anything over on her. She'll see right through you."
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"Put that idea out of your mind ."
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": to cause (an animal) to lose the smell of an animal or person it has been following by sensing the animal's or person's smell":[
"We swam across the stream in order to put the dog off our scent .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Most of the destruction occurred during the theft itself, but an amateur restoration attempt using putty and paint modified the painting further while it was lost. \u2014 CNN , 25 May 2022",
"To one side there is garish neon pink and on the other a pastel putty tint, even more muted than the millennial version. \u2014 Max Berlinger, The Hollywood Reporter , 4 June 2022",
"The pliable putty is also infused with soothing essential oils and soft hues to evoke relief by placating all of your senses. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And needless to say, Friend\u2019s achingly Tory haircut\u2014somehow too square and too soft, chiseled from a sad putty of inexhaustible entitlement\u2014stamps out any last embers of desire. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022",
"When middle-aged Hollywood goddesses are gathered, our minds are thrust to that auteur\u2019s precinct, where, for better or for worse, the mature performer is the rebel muse and historical incident is a putty plaything. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"When a crude is heavy, those chains are long and enormous, giving the consistency of window putty or caulk. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Elsewhere, kids can mold putty to an egg and then add patterns, arrange magnets to create a scene of animals eating and create a trackway by rubbing a crayon over patterns of footprints. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Usually, each ingredient is added to an enormous mixer, which churns them together into a sort of blush pink, fake-meat putty . \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"But that is not the only reason Yulia Kapustienko comes to the fire department every morning to putty the walls. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The framing is a little flabby, as the flashbacks slowly putty in how the outspoken woman might have become a murder target. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Tough guy celebrities like Charles Barkley, Draymond Green and former LSU safety Jamal Adams turn to putty around him. \u2014 Jim Kleinpeter, NOLA.com , 11 July 2017"
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"French pot\u00e9e potter's glaze, literally, potful, from Old French, from pot pot \u2014 more at pottage":"Noun"
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"1665, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192228"
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"type":[
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"I'm looking forward to putting my new skills to use .",
"Thanks for the donation. We'll put it to good use ."
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"The new mayor vowed to put an end to the violence."
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"idiom"
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"When I visited my girlfriend's parents I tried to be very polite and put my best foot forward ."
],
": to try as hard as possible to do something difficult":[
"I've got to put my best foot forward to meet this deadline."
]
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"She put in a plug for the band's new album on her radio program."
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"noun"
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": a putter having a long narrow blade with very little loft":[]
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"put/roll/throw out the welcome mat":{
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"noun"
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"put their/our/your heads together":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
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"I'm sure we can solve this problem if we just put our heads together ."
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},
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"puttyblower":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
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"putsch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government":[]
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"\u02c8pu\u0307ch"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The move was agreed at an emergency summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Accra to respond to last week's putsch in Guinea and perceived slow progress towards constitutional rule in Mali following a coup last year. \u2014 Reuters, CNN , 17 Sep. 2021",
"Since the putsch , the new junta, led by Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has banned social media, destroyed the economy and again bunkered an entire nation. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Mar. 2022",
"His intent was apparently to round up some pressure on moderate Republican senators to vote for the congressional commission to investigate the Jan. 6 putsch , because GOP obstruction is enabling the left's argument that bipartisanship is impossible. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 16 June 2021",
"For all the planning that went into the putsch , the generals seem to have been utterly unprepared for the breadth and depth of resistance against them. \u2014 New York Times , 19 Mar. 2021",
"Conservative Leader Erin O\u2019Toole, Trudeau\u2019s primary rival in the 2021 election, was dumped by his caucus this week in a putsch led by lawmakers who disliked the party\u2019s turn to the center. \u2014 Derek Decloet And Brian Platt, Anchorage Daily News , 6 Feb. 2022",
"The fact that Trump and his top cronies won't be punished for the Jan. 6 putsch has only emboldened them. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 11 Jan. 2022",
"Even before the putsch , the country was almost entirely closed because of the coronavirus. \u2014 New York Times , 9 Apr. 2021",
"The Capitol putsch on Jan. 6 was the most serious attack on American democracy since 1861. \u2014 Ryan Cooper, The Week , 26 May 2021"
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"borrowed from German Putsch, borrowed from Swiss German Putsch, Butsch \"resounding noise, violent shove, rush against an obstacle or toward an undertaking, popular disturbance,\" of imitative origin":""
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"1919, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235937"
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"type":[
"idiom"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002728"
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"putt":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": a golf stroke made on a putting green to cause the ball to roll into or near the hole":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259t"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Jaidee avoided a total disaster on No. 16 and then took sole possession of the lead with a birdie putt from around 20 feet on the next hole. \u2014 Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel , 12 June 2022",
"Zalatoris briefly caught him with a 35-foot birdie putt on the par-5 13th. \u2014 Chicago Tribune , 21 May 2022",
"The championship came down to a thrilling finish on the 72nd hole, with England\u2019s Matt Fitzpatrick executing a fairway bunker shot for the ages, and Will Zalatoris missing a playoff-forcing putt by mere centimeters. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
"The consensus is that Zalatoris\u2019s putting \u2014 particularly the short putt \u2014 is his Achilles\u2019 heel. \u2014 New York Times , 20 June 2022",
"Fitzpatrick\u2019s putt barely missed, setting up a par. \u2014 Andrew Beaton, WSJ , 19 June 2022",
"He was left to stand to stand off to the side of the green as Zalatoris lined up a birdie putt from 14 feet that would have forced a playoff. \u2014 Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY , 19 June 2022",
"Poolside cooking demonstrations, fish feeding, tennis, fitness center, hiking, kayaking, and a nine-hole pitch and putt golf course offer more ways to spend time. \u2014 Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure , 19 June 2022",
"English hit a brilliant second shot but missed a short putt that could have ended it. \u2014 Dom Amore, Hartford Courant , 18 June 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Scots, literally, shove, gentle push, from putt, put to put":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1754, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010339"
},
"Putt-Putt":{
"type":[
"trademark"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0259t-\u02ccp\u0259t"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011108"
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"put in an appearance":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to go to an event, gathering, etc., usually for a short period of time":[
"I won't be able to stay at the party long, but I'll at least try to put in an appearance ."
]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-012426"
},
"put the fire out":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to stop a fire from burning":[
"Firefighters put the fire out .",
"Firefighters put out the fire ."
]
},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"The pliable putty is also infused with soothing essential oils and soft hues to evoke relief by placating all of your senses. \u2014 Noma Nazish, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
"And needless to say, Friend\u2019s achingly Tory haircut\u2014somehow too square and too soft, chiseled from a sad putty of inexhaustible entitlement\u2014stamps out any last embers of desire. \u2014 Raven Smith, Vogue , 21 Apr. 2022",
"When middle-aged Hollywood goddesses are gathered, our minds are thrust to that auteur\u2019s precinct, where, for better or for worse, the mature performer is the rebel muse and historical incident is a putty plaything. \u2014 The New Yorker , 2 May 2022",
"When a crude is heavy, those chains are long and enormous, giving the consistency of window putty or caulk. \u2014 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2022",
"Elsewhere, kids can mold putty to an egg and then add patterns, arrange magnets to create a scene of animals eating and create a trackway by rubbing a crayon over patterns of footprints. \u2014 Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star , 11 Mar. 2022",
"Usually, each ingredient is added to an enormous mixer, which churns them together into a sort of blush pink, fake-meat putty . \u2014 Ali Francis, Bon App\u00e9tit , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"But that is not the only reason Yulia Kapustienko comes to the fire department every morning to putty the walls. \u2014 Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune , 30 June 2022",
"The framing is a little flabby, as the flashbacks slowly putty in how the outspoken woman might have become a murder target. \u2014 Brian Lowry, CNN , 28 Apr. 2022",
"Tough guy celebrities like Charles Barkley, Draymond Green and former LSU safety Jamal Adams turn to putty around him. \u2014 Jim Kleinpeter, NOLA.com , 11 July 2017"
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"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to cause (someone) to lose his or her job":[
"The new technology could put him out of work ."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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},
"put/get the word out":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to let people know":[
"The police put/got the word out that they were looking for him."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225357"
},
"put/place someone at a disadvantage":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to make it harder for someone to succeed":[
"His lack of formal education put/placed him at a disadvantage in the business world."
]
},
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-232826"
},
"put (something) into words":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to express (a thought or feeling) in words":[
"She finds it hard to put her feelings into words . [=to say what her feelings are]",
"He felt as though all three of them had reached an understanding they didn't need to put into words ; \u2026",
"\u2014 J. K. Rowling"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-233428"
},
"put (someone) off his/her stroke":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to cause someone to hesitate or be confused":[
"The last-minute change of plans put me off my stroke ."
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002002"
},
"Putumayo":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"river 980 miles (1577 kilometers) long in northwestern South America flowing from southwestern Colombia into the Amazon River in northwestern Brazil":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u00fc-t\u00fc-\u02c8m\u012b-(\u02cc)\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-004759"
},
"put to rout":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to force someone to retreat":[
"They put the enemy to rout ."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005126"
},
"put the lid on":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to bring an end to (something)":[
"The new official vowed that he would put the lid on violence once and for all."
],
": to spoil (plans)":[
"The rain has really put the lid on our holiday plans."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015514"
},
"putschist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": one who takes part in a putsch":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pu\u0307-chist"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The Borsa Istanbul fired 120 staff members thought to favor the putschists after three people were gunned down here on that fateful night last July. \u2014 Isobel Finkel, Bloomberg.com , 8 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from German, from Putsch putsch + -ist -ist entry 1":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021817"
}
}
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