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Noun putting has 1 sense

putt, putting - hitting a golf ball on the putting surface with a putter; "his putting let him down today"
--₁ is a kind of golf stroke, golf shot, swing

Derived forms: verb putt₂, verb putt₁

Verb put has 9 senses

put, set, place, pose, position, lay - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
--₁ is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
They put the bags on the table
put - cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"
--₂ is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
frame, redact, cast, put, couch - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"
--₃ is one way to give voice, formulate, word, phrase, articulate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
put, assign - attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
--₄ is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
invest, put, commit, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
--₅ is one way to spend, expend, drop
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
place, put, set - estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
--₆ is one way to estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
put - cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture"
--₇ is one way to subject
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
put - adapt; "put these words to music"
--₈ is one way to arrange, set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
arrange, set up, put, order - arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
--₉ is one way to organize, organise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something