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Definition of Put in

1. Verb. Introduce. "Insert your ticket here"

2. Verb. Keep or lay aside for future use. "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"

3. Verb. Break into a conversation. "Her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"

4. Verb. Set up for use. "They want to put in the doors"; "We put in a new sink"

5. Verb. Make an application as for a job or funding. "We put in a grant to the NSF"

6. Verb. To insert between other elements. "She interjected clever remarks"

Definition of Put in

1. Verb. (transitive) To place inside. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To apply, request, or submit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Put In

put behind bars put by put case put differently put down put down for put down roots put down to put downs put food on the table

put forth put forward put hair on someone's chest put heads together put horns on put in (current term) put in motion put in place put in practice put in with

put into effect put into practice put it there put lipstick on a pig put off put on put on airs put on the block put on the dog put on the line

Literary usage of Put in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"... a great many farmers in Livingston County began to sow spring wheat; we thought that would be a better paying proposition than oats, so I put in spring ..."

2. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"... in the following manner: the fruit is just peeled, and a lemon rubbed over each slice to prevent its becoming red; then put in ..."

3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Board of Horticulture (1890)
"Quinces are also whitened in the following manner: the fruit is just peeled, and a lemon rubbed over each slice to prevent its becoming red: then put in ..."

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