PUTTY (puttied)

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Irregular inflected form: puttied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does putty mean? 

• PUTTY (noun)
  The noun PUTTY has 1 sense:

1. a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass

  Familiarity information: PUTTY used as a noun is very rare.

• PUTTY (verb)
  The verb PUTTY has 1 sense:

1. apply putty in order to fix or fill

  Familiarity information: PUTTY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUTTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("putty" is a kind of...):

cement (something that hardens to act as adhesive material)

filler (used for filling cracks or holes in a surface)

Derivation:

putty (apply putty in order to fix or fill)

• PUTTY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they putty    ... he / she / it putties   
Past simple: puttied   
Past participle: puttied   
-ing form: puttying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apply putty in order to fix or fill

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

putty the window sash

Hypernyms (to "putty" is one way to...):

apply; put on (apply to a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

putty (a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass)

 Context examples 

A precious stone. It cuts into glass as though it were putty. It’s more than a precious stone. It is the precious stone.

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

I know them with their puttied seams and their devil bolts, risking five hundred lives that they may steal a few pounds’ worth of copper.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We all felt a glad sense of relief when we saw the Professor calmly restoring the strings of putty to the edges of the door.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When one's body is young, it is very pliable, and hard work will mould it like putty according to the nature of the work.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

His lip had fallen, his eyes were protruding, his skin the colour of putty, and he glared at the envelope which he still held in his trembling hand, ‘K. K. K.!’ he shrieked, and then, ‘My God, my God, my sins have overtaken me!’

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

First he took from his bag a mass of what looked like thin, wafer-like biscuit, which was carefully rolled up in a white napkin; next he took out a double-handful of some whitish stuff, like dough or putty.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)