1. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• 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" ;

3. (

• 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" ;

4. (

• 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" ;

5. (

• invest ,
• put ,
• commit ,
• place ,

) make an investment; "Put money into bonds" ;

6. (

• place ,
• put ,
• set ,

) estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M." ;

7. (

• put ,

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

8. (

• put ,

) adapt; "put these words to music" ;

9. (

• 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" ;