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[ verb ] introduce
Examples "Insert your ticket here" Used in print (Successful Farming, 59:12...)There are three principal feed_bunk types for dairy and beef_cattle : ( 1 ) Fence-line bunks - cattle eat from one side while feed is put_in from the opposite side of the fence by self unloading wagons ; ( 2 ) Mechanized bunks - they sit within the feed_lot , are filled by a mechanical conveyor above feeding surface ; ( 3 ) Special bunks - as discussed here , they permit cattle to eat from all sides . Feed is put_in with an elevator . |
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[ verb ] keep or lay aside for future use
Synonyms Examples "store grain for the winter" "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)If the retailer and hotelman 's downtown unit sales have been decreasing , however , his dollar_volume continues to rise , and it is dollars which you put_in the bank . |
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[ verb ] break into a conversation
Examples "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" Used in print (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` The human ego being what it is '' , I put_in , `` science_fiction has always assumed that the creatures on the planets of a_thousand larger solar_systems than ours must look_like gigantic tube-nosed_fruit_bats . |
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[ verb ] devote (time, effort, etc.) to a task
Examples "He put in three hours every day at the hospital" Used in print (Glenn Infield, "America's Secret Poison Gas Tragedy"...)So Captain_Jenks returned to his harbor post to watch the scouting plane put_in five more appearances , and to feel the certainty of_this dread rising within him . (B. J. Chute, The Moon and the Thorn....)Man in a boat , there 's a_lot_of places he can put_in at and a_lot_of reasons he can be away for a_bit . Related terms |
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[ verb ] set up for use
Examples "install the washer and dryer" "We put in a new sink" Used in print (Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)`` Now '' , he said , `` we got to put_in some outlets for them power_tools ; then a_couple_of fluorescent lamps over the workbench an ' I guess we 're about through down here '' . |
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[ verb ] put on an application, apply for a job, in a competition, etc.
Synonyms Examples "We put in a grant to the NSF" Used in print (Allen R. Bosworth, The Crows of Edwina Hill....)It was an alien land , and she hated it intensely ; she was already considering putting_in rebellious requests for duty at San_Diego , Bremerton , the Great_Lakes , Pensacola - any place the Navy had a hospital - with a threat to resign her commission if the request were not granted . |
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[ verb ] to insert between other elements
Examples : "She interjected clever remarks." Related terms |
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