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pickle: There are many foods that can be put up for later
consumption. d contribute, pledge, offer (as collateral),
stake, mortgage, post: We put up the house as security for the
loan. e contribute, give, supply, donate, ante (up), advance,
pay, invest: We put up all our savings to secure our retirement
pension. f increase, raise, boost, elevate: As soon as there
is a hint of an oil shortage, they put up the price of petrol. g
See 18 (a), above. h offer, tender, put or place on the market:
They put their house up for sale and are planning to move to the
Riviera. 29 put up to. incite, urge, goad, spur, egg on,
encourage, prompt, instigate: Was it you who put Reggie up to
playing that prank on the teacher? 30 put up with. tolerate,
abide, take, brook, stand (for), stomach, accept, resign oneself
to, bear, endure, swallow: Why do you put up with his
outrageous behaviour?
put-down n. dig, sneer, snub, disparaging or denigrating remark, slight,
offence, insult: The worst put-down was to tell her she looks
like her sister, whom she hates.
put-on n. 1 deception, hoax, trick, leg-pull, jest, (practical) joke,
prank, pretence, Colloq spoof: He was completely taken in by my
put-on about being from the Nobel prize committee. 2 take-off,
parody, satire, burlesque, caricature, act, Brit send-up, Colloq
spoof: You shouldn't be offended, it was only a put-on.
putrefy v. rot, decompose, decay, moulder, go bad, spoil, deteriorate,
go off: The battlefield was strewn with putrefying bodies.
putrid adj. rotten, rotting, decomposed, decomposing, decayed,
decaying, mouldy, mouldering, spoilt or spoiled, putrefied,
putrescent, putrefying, foul, fetid, rank, tainted, corrupt:
Only the vultures continued to hover about the putrid carcass.
put-up adj. (secretly) preconceived, prearranged, plotted,
preconcerted: If the butler had a hand in it, you know it was a
put-up job.
put-upon adj. imposed upon, inconvenienced, put out, taken advantage of,
exploited, abused: I shall be happy to help, and I don't feel
put-upon at all.
puzzle v. 1 baffle, bewilder, confuse, confound, mystify, flummox,