Meaning of PUT-UP
| Pronunciation: | | 'pût`up
|
|
|
| |
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [adj] planned secretly; "it was a put-up job"
- [v] preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
- [v] put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"
- [v] propose as a candidate for some honor
- [v] construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
- [v] put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
- [v] provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
- [v] mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
- [v] provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
|
| |
PUT-UP is a 6 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | abide, bear, brook, can, contribute, domiciliate, endure, erect, house, nominate, offer, planned, post, provide, put forward, raise, rear, set up, stand, stomach, suffer, support, tin, tolerate |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down | | |
| | See Also: | | accept, accommodate, allow, bear up, build, chamber, construct, countenance, engage, hold still for, home, instal, install, keep, let, live with, lodge, make, pay, pay, permit, preserve, propose, put in, rehouse, set up, shelter, sit out, stand for, submit, swallow, take, take a joke, take in, take lying down, undergo, wage | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Put"-up\, a.
Arranged; plotted; -- in a bad sense; as, a put-up job.
[Colloq.]
|
| |
|
|