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put_away
has definitions from the field of food
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[ verb ] place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
Examples "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend" "She locked her jewels in the safe" Used in print (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)It ignores the sordid financial aspects ( quite conveniently , too , for his audience , who could indulge in moral indignation without visible , or even conscious , discomfort , their money from the transaction having been put_away long_ago in a good antiseptic brokerage ) . |
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[ verb ] throw or cast away
Examples "Put away your worries" Used in print (Tracts published by American Tract Society,...)I now ever look_for Christ acording to His promises and those of the Old_Testament as_well , to appear again in glory to put_away all sin and to reign in righteousness over the whole earth . |
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[ verb ] kill gently, as with an injection
Synonyms Examples "the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep" Related terms |
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[ verb ] lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Synonyms imprison jail gaol put_behind_bars immure jug lag remand incarcerate Examples "The suspects were imprisoned without trial" "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life" Related terms confine law imprisonment jail captivity prison_guard imprisonment |
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[ verb ] turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily
Examples "She turned away from her painting" Related terms |
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