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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump" [syn: post, put up]
2: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" [syn: put up, provide, offer]
3: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down]
4: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
5: make available for sale at an auction; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction"
6: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" [syn: can, tin, put up]
7: provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" [syn: house, put up, domiciliate]
8: provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount" [syn: put up, contribute]
9: propose as a candidate for some honor [syn: nominate, put up, put forward]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to place in a container or receptacle <put his lunch up in a bag> b. to put away (a sword) in a scabbard ; sheathe c. to prepare so as to preserve for later use ; can d. to put in storage 2. to start (game animals) from cover 3. to nominate for election 4. to offer up (as a prayer) 5. set 16 6. to make available; especially to offer for public sale <put their possessions up for auction> 7. to give food and shelter to ; accommodate 8. to arrange (as a plot or scheme) with others <put up a job to steal the jewels> 9. build, erect 10. a. to make a display of <put up a brave front> b. to engage in <put up a struggle> 11. a. contribute, pay <put up bail money> b. to offer as a prize or stake 12. chiefly British to increase the amount of ; raise 13. to succeed in producing or achieving <an athlete who has put up big numbers>; also score 4a(1) <put up 20 points> intransitive verb 1. lodge 2. to take direct action — used in the phrase put up or shut up

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If people put up a wall, building, tent, or other structure, they construct it so that it is upright. Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections... ? take down PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) 2. If you put up a poster or notice, you fix it to a wall or board. They're putting new street signs up... The teacher training college put up a plaque to the college's founder. ? take down PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 3. To put up resistance to something means to resist it. In the end the Kurds surrendered without putting up any resistance... He'd put up a real fight to keep you there... PHRASAL VERB: V P n, V P n 4. If you put up money for something, you provide the money that is needed to pay for it. The state agreed to put up $69,000 to start his company... The merchant banks raise capital for industry. They don't actually put it up themselves. = provide PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 5. To put up the price of something means to cause it to increase. Their friends suggested they should put up their prices... They know he would put their taxes up. = raise, increase PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 6. If a person or hotel puts you up or if you put up somewhere, you stay there for one or more nights. I wanted to know if she could put me up for a few days... He decided that he would drive back to town instead of putting up for the night at the hotel. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P prep 7. If a political party puts up a candidate in an election or if the candidate puts up, the candidate takes part in the election. The new party is putting up 15 candidates for 22 seats... He put up as a candidate. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P as n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. (Active.) 1. Store, pack away, preserve. 2. Expose, offer publicly. 3. Put away, lay away, set aside. 4. Hoard, save. II. (Neuter.) Lodge, stay, take lodgings. See stop.

Moby Thesaurus

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