PUT TO WORK

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does put to work mean? 

• PUT TO WORK (verb)
  The verb PUT TO WORK has 1 sense:

1. cause to work

  Familiarity information: PUT TO WORK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUT TO WORK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to work

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

put to work; work

Context example:

he is working his servants hard

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

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Cause:

do work; work (be employed)

Verb group:

do work; work (be employed)

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

exercise; work; work out (give a workout to)

warm up (cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles)

computerise; computerize; cybernate (control a function, process, or creation by a computer)

rack (put on a rack and pinion)

exploit; overwork (work excessively hard)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

I have been slighted, and taught nothing, and thrown upon myself, and put to work not fit for me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)