PUT ON


Meaning of PUT ON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ transitive verb ]

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : to dress oneself in : don

b. : to make part of one's appearance or behavior

c. : feign

put a saintly manner on

2. : to cause to act or operate : apply

put on more speed

3.

a. : add

put on weight

b. : exaggerate , overstate

4. : perform , produce

put on a play

5.

a. : to mislead deliberately especially for amusement

the interviewer…must be put down — or possibly, put on — Melvin Maddocks

b. : kid 1

you're putting me on

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.