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Adjective put-on has 1 sense
- assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham - adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
Antonyms: genuine, echt (indirect, via counterfeit)
Noun put-on has 3 senses
- parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on - a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
--1 is a kind of caricature, imitation, impersonation
- fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
--2 is a kind of trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
--2 has particulars: goldbrick; Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax
- antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on - a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
--3 is a kind of diversion, recreation
--3 has particulars: dirty trick; practical joke
Verb put-on has 9 senses
- wear, put on, get into, don, assume - put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
--1 is one way to dress, get dressed
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Somebody ----s something
- put on - add to something existing; "She put on a sun room"
--2 is one way to add
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- put on - put on the stove or ready for cooking; "put on the tea, please!"
--3 is one way to cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
Sample sentence:
The chefs put on the vegetables
- put on, turn in - carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"
--4 is one way to make, create
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- put on - add to the odometer; "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"
--5 is one way to add
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- mount, put on - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play"
--6 is one way to organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
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- put on, apply - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
--7 is one way to cover
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- gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across - fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
--8 is one way to deceive, betray, lead astray
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- gain, put on - increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
--9 is one way to change state, turn
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