putting on

Meaning

present participle and gerund of put on

put on

1. (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
3. (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive.
4. (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
5. (transitive) To play (a recording).
6. (ditransitive, transitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
7. (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
8. (transitive) To perform for an audience.
9. (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience.
10. (transitive) To provide.
11. (ditransitive, transitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something).
12. (ditransitive, transitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target.
13. (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media.
14. (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
15. (transitive) To gain (weight).
16. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
17. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.

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Synonyms

wearing

dressing

covering

fixing

girding

setting up

binding

wrapping round

clothing