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PUT IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing
Example:
Insert your ticket here
Synonyms:
enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "put in" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put in"):
inject; shoot (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)
foist (insert surreptitiously or without warrant)
slip (insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly)
feed; feed in (introduce continuously)
interlard; intersperse (introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions)
cup (put into a cup)
catheterise; catheterize (insert a catheter into (a body part))
glass (put in a glass container)
inset (set or place in)
inoculate (introduce a microorganism into)
plug (replace the center of a coin with a baser metal)
plug (insert a plug into)
plug (insert as a plug)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Break into a conversation
Example:
her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation
Synonyms:
barge in; break in; butt in; chime in; chisel in; cut in; put in
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "put in" is one way to...):
break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put in"):
disrupt; interrupt (interfere in someone else's activity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
To insert between other elements
Example:
She interjected clever remarks
Synonyms:
come in; inject; interject; interpose; put in; throw in
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "put in" is one way to...):
break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make an application as for a job or funding
Example:
We put in a grant to the NSF
Synonyms:
put in; submit
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "put in" is one way to...):
apply (ask (for something))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 5
Meaning:
Set up for use
Example:
We put in a new sink
Synonyms:
instal; install; put in; set up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "put in" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put in"):
retrofit (fit in or on an existing structure, such as an older house)
reinstall (install again)
post; put up (place so as to be noticed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They want to put in the doors
Sense 6
Meaning:
Keep or lay aside for future use
Example:
The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat
Synonyms:
hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "put in" is one way to...):
hold on; keep (retain possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put in"):
bin (store in bins)
computerise; computerize (store in a computer)
victual (lay in provisions)
accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)
hive (store, like bees)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
And I have two or three ideas also, said Edmund, and one of them is, that very little of your plan for Thornton Lacey will ever be put in practice.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Look, she made me this bow to my hat, and put in the feather last night.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
What kind of information would you put in a personal health record?
(Personal Health Records, NIH)
The inquiry was put in gentle tones: he drew me to him as gently.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The people who had turned out were the girl’s own family; and pretty soon, the doctor, for whom she had been sent put in his appearance.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
For arthritis, injuries, or other diseases, you may need joint replacement surgery to remove the damaged joint and put in a new one.
(Joint Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Finally, just as the doctor and the official police put in an appearance, he beckoned to the vicar and we all three went out upon the lawn.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“At the same time, if you had wished to take a turn at the old sport, I had a good thing to put in your way.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.
(Include, NCI Thesaurus)
Our visitors arrived at the appointed time, but it was a quarter to four before my friend put in an appearance.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
