PUT ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does put on mean? 

• PUT ON (adjective)
  The adjective PUT ON has 1 sense:

1. adopted in order to deceive

  Familiarity information: PUT ON used as an adjective is very rare.

• PUT ON (verb)
  The verb PUT ON has 9 senses:

1. put clothing on one's body

2. add to something existing

3. put on the stove or ready for cooking

4. carry out (performances)

5. add to the odometer

6. prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

7. apply to a surface

8. fool or hoax

9. increase (one's body weight)

  Familiarity information: PUT ON used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUT ON (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adopted in order to deceive

Synonyms:

assumed; false; fictitious; fictive; pretended; put on; sham

Context example:

sham modesty

Similar:

counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)

• PUT ON (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put clothing on one's body

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

assume; don; get into; put on; wear

Context example:

He got into his jeans

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

dress; get dressed (put on clothes)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):

hat (put on or wear a hat)

try; try on (put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice)

scarf (wrap in or adorn with a scarf)

slip on (put on with ease or speed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Add to something existing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

She put on a sun room

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put on the stove or ready for cooking

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

put on the tea, please!

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs put on the vegetables

Sense 4

Meaning:

Carry out (performances)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

put on; turn in

Context example:

They turned in top jobs for the second straight game

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Add to the odometer

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

He put on 1,000 miles on this trip

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

mount; put on

Context example:

mount a play

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

devise; get up; machinate; organise; organize; prepare (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):

rerun (rerun a performance of a play, for example)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Apply to a surface

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

apply; put on

Context example:

Put on make-up!

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):

daub (apply to a surface)

clap on; slam on; slap on (apply carelessly)

sponge on (apply with a sponge)

putty (apply putty in order to fix or fill)

cold-cream (put cold cream on one's face)

cream (put on cream, as on one's face or body)

dress (put a dressing on)

gum (cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum)

dab; swab; swob (apply (usually a liquid) to a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 8

Meaning:

Fool or hoax

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in

Context example:

You can't fool me!

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):

kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

put-on (something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Increase (one's body weight)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

gain; put on

Context example:

She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising

Hypernyms (to "put on" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put on"):

pack on (gain (weight))

fill out; flesh out; round (become round, plump, or shapely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Then he put on his cap and started for the door.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I had put on some clothes, though horror shook all my limbs; I issued from my apartment.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I put on my hat and cloak, went down to the office, which is about half a mile from the house, and then returned, feeling very much easier.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When Joe reminded him that sometime in the future they were going to put on the gloves together, he could almost have screamed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I would advise you merely to put on whatever of your clothes is superior to the rest—there is no occasion for anything more.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

So he turned his horse round, and brought the false bride back to her home, and said, “This is not the right bride; let the other sister try and put on the slipper.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

He desired to see no more; and gave me leave to put on my clothes again, for I was shuddering with cold.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

She shook her head, turned her delighted bright eyes up to mine, kissed me, broke into a merry laugh, and sprang away to put on Jip's new collar.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Lucky for you I am, for if I put on crushed airs and tried to be dismal, as you do, we should be in a nice state.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It is our task to put on record what we have seen, and to leave the further exploration to others.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)