PUT STH


Meaning of PUT STH in English

on

1.

to dress yourself in sth :

Hurry up! Put your coat on!

OPP take off

2.

to apply sth to your skin, face, etc. :

She's just putting on her make-up.

3.

to switch on a piece of equipment :

I'll put the kettle on for tea.

She put on the brakes suddenly.

4.

to make a CD, tape, etc. begin to play :

Do you mind if I put some music on?

He put some jazz on the stereo.

5.

to become heavier, especially by the amount mentioned

SYN gain :

She looks like she's put on weight .

He must have put on several kilos.

6.

to provide sth specially :

The city is putting on extra buses during the summer.

7.

to produce or present a play, a show, etc. :

The local drama club is putting on 'Macbeth'.

8.

to pretend to have a particular feeling, quality, way of speaking, etc. :

He put on an American accent.

I don't think she was hurt. She was just putting it on .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.