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put up
offer; propose a candidate for election
put up
Verb
1. put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
(synonym) post
(hypernym) install, instal, put in, set up
2. mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
(synonym) provide, offer
(hypernym) engage, wage
3. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
(synonym) raise, erect, rear, set up
(hypernym) construct, build, make
(classification) construction, building
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"
(synonym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer
(hypernym) permit, allow, let, countenance
(hyponym) accept, live with, swallow
(verb-group) suffer
5. provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
(synonym) contribute
(hypernym) pay
6. preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
(synonym) can, tin
(hypernym) preserve, keep
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
7. provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
(synonym) house, domiciliate
(hypernym) shelter
(hyponym) rehouse
8. propose as a candidate for some honor
(synonym) nominate, put forward
(hypernym) nominate, propose
put-up
Adjective
1. planned secretly; "it was a put-up job"
(similar) planned
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Put-up
(a.)
Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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