Overview of noun putting

The noun putting has 1 sense

• putt, putting -- (hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter; "his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet")

Overview of verb put

The verb put has 9 senses

• put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")


• put -- (cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing")


• frame, redact, cast, put, couch -- (formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language")


• put, assign -- (attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story")


• invest, put, commit, place -- (make an investment; "Put money into bonds")


• place, put, set -- (estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.")


• put -- (cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture")


• put -- (adapt; "put these words to music")


• arrange, set up, put, order -- (arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times")