put_up has definitions from the fields of food,government,military,housing
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[ verb ] put up

Synonyms

post

Examples

"post a sign" "post a warning at the dump"

Used in print

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

When Linda_Kay had put_up her breakfast dishes and mopped her linoleum rugs , she would go_to the Big_House .

Related terms

install poster

2
[ verb ] construct, build, or erect

Synonyms

erect set_up raise rear

Examples

"Raise a barn"

Used in print

(Todhunter Ballard, The Night Riders....)

They had spent a_million dollars , carving in a road , putting_up buildings , drilling their haulage tunnel .

(Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)

`` We could put_up cribs on the second floor sleeping porch and turn the front bedroom into a playroom where it 's nice and sunny , but of_course it would entail quite a_bit of running up and down stairs and Chris said you were to be careful about that '' .

Maggie was looking much happier already , clearing a space on the table and chattering about how she could put_up a typewriter right_there , and be brushing_up on her typing so Eugenia would n't be ashamed of_it .

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[ verb ] (military) mount or put up

Synonyms

provide offer

Examples

"put up a good fight" "offer resistance"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Noticing Russell 's horse in_front_of the long log building , he assumed his friend had slipped inside and would be able to put_up a good fight , so he began working his way down the ditch to join him .

Related terms

engage

4
[ verb ] put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Francis Pollini, Night....)

What I have_to put_up with !

5
[ verb ] provide

Synonyms

contribute

Examples

"The city has to put up half the required amount"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

He expressed the opinion the city could hire a CD director for about $ 3500 a year and would only have to put_up half that amount on a matching fund basis to defray the salary costs .

Related terms

pay contribution

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[ verb ] (food) preserve in a can or tin

Synonyms

can tin

Examples

"tinned foods are not very tasty"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

And one of the best services available to the people who try to raise and can meat , to plant , grow vegetables and put them up .

Related terms

preserve cooking can cannery

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[ verb ] (housing) provide housing for

Synonyms

house domiciliate

Examples

"The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

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[ verb ] (government) propose as a candidate for some honor

Related terms

nominate nomination nominator

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