put up

Meaning

Adj

Alternative form of put-up.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place in a high location.
2. (transitive) To hang; to mount.
3. (transitive) To style (the hair) up on the head, instead of letting it hang down.
4. (idiomatic, transitive) To cajole or dare (someone) to do (something).
5. (idiomatic, transitive) To store away.
6. (idiomatic, transitive) To house; to shelter; to take in.
7. (archaic, intransitive) To stay, to sojourn (at a hotel, inn, tavern, etc.)
8. (idiomatic, transitive) To present, especially in "put up a fight".
9. (transitive) To endure; to put up with; to tolerate.
10. (transitive) To provide funds in advance.
11. (transitive) To build a structure.
12. (transitive) To make available; to offer.
13. (transitive) To cause (wild game) to break cover.
14. (idiomatic, transitive) To can (food) domestically; to preserve (meat, fruit or vegetables) by sterilizing and storing in a bottle, jar or can.
15. (Canada, US, idiomatic, transitive) To score; to accumulate scoring. Ellipsis of to put up on the scoreboard.
16. (historical, transitive) To set (matter) in capital letters; to switch text from lowercase to capital letters.
17. (slang, transitive) To compliment or respect (someone); to number (someone) among some greats.
18. (slang, transitive) To kill (someone).
19. Synonym of frame up (“falsely pin a crime on”).
20. (UK, archaic, slang, transitive) To inspect or plan out with a view to robbery.

Opposite of

put down

Synonyms

erect

set up

build

endure

hang

accommodate

raise

hang up

stand

bear

🐻

can

put

stick out

rear

abide

tolerate

suffer

construct

tin

support

lodge

stay

stand for

set

brook

place

domiciliate

provide

post

digest

offer

house

🏠

stick up

stomach

take

get up

go up

pitch

station

🚉

stand up

stick

settle

run up

plant

🌱

dispose

nominate

make

marshal

pay

💸

hoist

Translations

poser

levantar

errichten

aufstellen

rizzare

abriter

alzar

hospedar

poser sur

ergere

alojar

🏠

construire

dresser

contribuer

beherbergen