PUT IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does put in mean? 

• PUT IN (verb)
  The verb PUT IN has 6 senses:

1. place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

2. keep or lay aside for future use

3. break into a conversation

4. set up for use

5. make an application as for a job or funding

6. to insert between other elements

  Familiarity information: PUT IN used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUT IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in

Context example:

Insert your ticket here

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"):

plug (insert a plug into)

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 as a plug)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Keep or lay aside for future use

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store

Context example:

The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Break into a conversation

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

barge in; break in; butt in; chime in; chisel in; cut in; put in

Context example:

her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation

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 4

Meaning:

Set up for use

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

instal; install; put in; set up

Context example:

We put in a new sink

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 5

Meaning:

Make an application as for a job or funding

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

put in; submit

Context example:

We put in a grant to the NSF

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

apply (ask (for something))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 6

Meaning:

To insert between other elements

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

come in; inject; interject; interpose; put in; throw in

Context example:

She interjected clever remarks

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

 Context examples 

When asked how they would feel when put in this position themselves, those people shown a rejection containing an apology reported higher feelings of hurt.

(Sometimes You Shouldn't Say Sorry, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The chaise soon came round to the front of the shop, and the baskets being put in first, I was put in next, and those three followed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

If your IT person is to put in new software, ask them to do it no later than the first week of February.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"I'm not," put in Jo decidedly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward.

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

This was a portion of Sacred Wafer, which he put in an envelope and handed to me.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He was her dear Wickham on every occasion; no one was to be put in competition with him.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

They had adequately expressed the pause his vision had put in the conversation.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Tiny, gold seeds, about the size of a grain of rice, that are put in and/or around a tumor to show exactly where it is in the body.

(Gold fiducial marker seeds, NCI Dictionary)

So, the researchers are working with surgeons to put in an artery that will bring more blood the new kidney.

(Scientists Create Functioning Kidney Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)