verb
Etymology: Middle English putten up, from putten to put + up
transitive verb
1.
a. : to place in a container or receptacle
put his lunch up in a brown paper bag
b. : to put away (a sword) in its scabbard : sheathe
put up your swords; you know not what you do — Shakespeare
c. : to pack with something : make up into a container or package
had with him a basket his mother had put up — Winston Churchill
d. : to prepare so as to preserve for later use: as
(1) : to prepare (perishable foodstuffs) by canning
put up several quarts of peaches
put enough preserves up to last the year
(2) : to cure and store (as hay or fodder)
put up hay for wintering my saddle horses — Bruce Siberts
e. : to make up (as a medicine, prescription) : compound , prepare
f. : to put away out of use
put her car up then and began spending her days cooped in … her hundred thousand dollar home — John Faulkner
2. : to start (game) from cover : rouse
saw birds, which my dog put up on one side of the river, cross to the other bank — Douglas Carruthers
put up a herd of eleven wild deer who … only glided noiselessly a few yards into the woods — S.P.B.Mais
3. archaic : to put up with : endure
persuaded to put up in peace what already I have foolishly suffered — Shakespeare
4.
a. : to nominate for election to a position or membership in an association
his colleagues put up his name for premier — Neal Stanford
put her name up for the sorority
b. : to select for some function or duty
I was put up, at eight or nine, to propose some family toast — Joyce Cary
catechized each man put up to serve on the jury — David Masters
5. : to offer up (a prayer) : present (a petition) for action or consideration
were really putting up — and in vain — a supplication for mercy — Havelock Ellis
he's going to put up prayers for rain in church next Sunday — Ellen Glasgow
6. : to set (hair) usually in pin curls
7.
a. : to make public or ask to be made public — used especially of banns
put up their banns for the third time
b. : to offer for public sale
some farmer decides to pull up stakes and puts his possessions up for auction — American Guide Series: Texas
c. : to present publicly : expose
an idea which has been occupying me of late I would like to put up for criticism — Lucien Price
8.
a. : to give food and shelter to (a horse)
put up his horse for the night at the only stable in town
b. : to provide lodgings for : accommodate
suggested I go to his club, where he was putting me up, and have the bath — Marcia Davenport
9. : to arrange (as a plot or scheme) with others : preconcert
put up a job to steal the jewels
10. : build , erect
before the present building was put up, a smaller stone structure occupied the same site — C.J.Allen
11.
a. : to make a display of : exhibit , show
swallows can put up very good flight performances — David Gunston
desperate as he was, he put up a brave front
put up a bluff
b. : to carry on
has put up a bitter struggle against great odds
had put up a losing fight against erosion
12.
a. : contribute , pay
was supposed to put up enough money to finish the film — Moore Raymond
b. : to offer as a prize or stake
a bet of $25 was put up — American Guide Series: Minnesota
13. : to increase the amount of : raise
this sellers' cartel put up the price of rubber for a time — D.W.Brogan
mechanical handling is one of the things which are putting up industrial productivity — Bertram Mycock
intransitive verb
: lodge
two seasons ago I put up at a farmhouse — T.H.White b.1906
Synonyms: see reside