'put up' definitions:
Definition of 'put up'
From: WordNet
verb
Place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump" [syn: post, put up]
verb
verb
Construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down]
verb
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" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up]
verb
Make available for sale at an auction; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction"
verb
verb
Provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town" [syn: house, put up, domiciliate]
verb
Provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount" [syn: put up, contribute]
verb
Propose as a candidate for some honor [syn: nominate, put up, put forward]
Definition of 'put up'
From: GCIDE
- put up \put up\ v. t. & i.
- 1. to connect a device to a telephone line surreptitiously, so as to listen to or record the conversations of persons on the telephone without their knowledge; -- of telephones, persons, or locations. Used as police jargon. [jargon]
- Syn: wiretap, tap, intercept, bug. [WordNet 1.5] [+PJC]
Synonyms of 'put up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accumulate,
- add to,
- aggrandize,
- amass,
- amplify,
- ante,
- ante up,
- as earnest,
- assemble,
- at stake,
- augment,
- backlog,
- base,
- bed,
- berth,
- bestow,
- billet,
- board,
- bond,
- boost,
- bottle,
- bottomry,
- broaden,
- build,
- build in,
- build up,
- bunk,
- can,
- cast,
- collect,
- compose,
- compound,
- concoct,
- concocted,
- construct,
- cooked-up,
- create,
- cumulate,
- cut out,
- cut-and-dried,
- cut-and-dry,
- deposit,
- deposited,
- designate,
- devise,
- do up,
- domicile,
- domiciliate,
- elaborate,
- elevate,
- enlarge,
- erect,
- escalate,
- establish,
- evolve,
- exalt,
- expand,
- extend,
- extrude,
- fabricate,
- fabricated,
- fabulous,
- fancied,
- fantasied,
- fantastic,
- fashion,
- fasten up,
- fatten,
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- figmental,
- fill out,
- fix,
- fixed,
- forge,
- forged,
- form,
- formulate,
- found,
- frame,
- fudge together,
- furnish accommodations,
- garner,
- garner up,
- gather into barns,
- get up,
- go bail,
- ground,
- hand over,
- handsel,
- hang,
- hang up,
- harbor,
- hatched,
- heap up,
- hide,
- hike,
- hike up,
- hoard,
- hoard up,
- hock,
- hold,
- hold forth,
- hold out,
- house,
- hut,
- hypothecate,
- impignorate,
- in hock,
- in pawn,
- in the bag,
- increase,
- indite,
- inflate,
- install,
- invented,
- invest,
- jack up,
- jar,
- jump,
- jump up,
- keep,
- lay down,
- lay the foundation,
- lay up,
- legendary,
- lengthen,
- lodge,
- made-up,
- make,
- make up,
- manufacture,
- manufactured,
- mature,
- maximize,
- mold,
- mortgage,
- mythical,
- name,
- name for office,
- nominate,
- offer,
- offer for sale,
- on deposit,
- on ice,
- packed,
- parlay,
- patch together,
- pawn,
- pawned,
- pay over,
- piece together,
- pile up,
- pitch,
- planned,
- plant,
- pledge,
- pledged,
- plotted,
- post,
- posted,
- pot,
- prearranged,
- preconcerted,
- precontrived,
- prefabricate,
- prefer,
- premeditated,
- preordered,
- prepare,
- present,
- produce,
- proffer,
- propose,
- put down,
- put in,
- put in hock,
- put in pawn,
- put together,
- put up,
- pyramid,
- quarter,
- raise,
- rear,
- rigged,
- room,
- run,
- run for office,
- run up,
- save,
- save up,
- schemed,
- seat,
- secrete,
- set,
- set up,
- set-up,
- shape,
- shelter,
- sling,
- spout,
- squirrel,
- squirrel away,
- stable,
- stacked,
- stake,
- staked,
- stock up,
- stockpile,
- store up,
- submit,
- suspend,
- tender,
- thicken,
- tin,
- treasure,
- treasure up,
- trumped-up,
- up,
- up the spout,
- uprear,
- vest,
- whomp up,
- write
Words containing 'put up'
- Put,
- Putting,
- To put about,
- To put by,
- To put down,
- To put in,
- To put in for,
- To put off,
- To put on,
- To put out,
- To put over,
- To put this and that,
- To put through,
- To put to,
- To put to it,
- To put up,
- To put up to,
- To put up with,
- put about,
- put down,
- put in,
- put it to,
- put off,
- put on,
- put out,
- put over,
- put through,
- put under,
- put up to,
- put up with,
- put-put,
- Put case,
- Put-off,
- Put-up,
- Putting green,
- Putting stone,
- To put a case,
- To put an end to,
- To put away,
- To put back,
- To put forth,
- To put forward,
- To put in mind,
- To put in pledge,
- To put in possession,
- To put into the chair,
- To put out of court,
- To put out to grass,
- To put out to nurse,
- To put the comether on,
- To put the hand to,
- To put the kibosh on,
- To put the screw on,
- To put the screws on,
- To put to a stand,
- To put to a stress,
- To put to bed,
- To put to death,
- To put to flight,
- To put to grass,
- To put to nurse,
- To put to rights,
- To put to rout,
- To put to sea,
- To put to shame,
- To put to the blush,
- To put to the rack,
- To put to the sword,
- To put to trial,
- To put to use,
- To put together,
- To put trust in,
- To put under the screw,
- To put under the screws,
- To put up a job,
- To put up the spout,
- To put upon,
- hard put,
- off-putting,
- put across,
- put aside,
- put away,
- put back,
- put differently,
- put forth,
- put forward,
- put on airs,
- put on the line,
- put one over,
- put option,
- put out feelers,
- put paid to,
- put phut,
- put right,
- put something over,
- put straight,
- put to death,
- put to rights,
- put to sleep,
- put to work,
- put together,
- put up job,
- put up or shut up,
- put upon,
- put-down,
- put-on,
- putting iron,
- putting surface,
- putting to death,
- shot put,
- stay put,
- Put-in-Bay,
- Putting the hand under the thigh,
- To put a rod in pickle,
- To put a vessel into commission,
- To put a vessel out of commission,
- To put down one's staff,
- To put forth the hand against,
- To put on one's trumps,
- To put one out of conceit with,
- To put one's back up,
- To put one's comether on,
- To put one's foot down,
- To put stress upon,
- To put the Treasury into commission,
- To put the cart before the horse,
- To put the finishing hand to,
- To put the hand unto,
- To put the last hand to,
- To put to one's trumps,
- To put up one's staff,
- put behind bars,
- put one across,
- put one on his feet,
- put-upon,
- Put-in-Bay, OH,
- To put a spoke in one's wheel,
- To put one one's mettle,
- To put one's nose out of joint,
- To put one's nose to the grindstone,
- To put someone through one's paces,
- To put the best foot foremost,
- To put the great seal into commission,
- To be put upon one's good behavior,
- To put one's foot in one's mouth,
- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany,
- To put one's self upon the country