put on

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ === Verb === put on (third-person singular simple present puts on, present participle putting on, simple past and past participle put on) (transitive) (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like). (ditransitive) To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface. (intransitive, transitive) To fool, kid, deceive. (transitive) To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense. (transitive) To play (a recording). (ditransitive) To play (a recording) on (a sound system). (transitive) To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop. (transitive) To perform for an audience. (transitive) To organize a performance for an audience. (transitive) To provide. (ditransitive) To bet (money or other items) on (something). (ditransitive) To assign or apply (something) to a target. (transitive) To give (someone) a role in popular media. (transitive) To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen. I put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy. (transitive, dated) To switch on (a device). (transitive) To gain (weight). Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put,‎ on. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward. ==== Synonyms ==== (literal—on a list): put down; see also Thesaurus:enlist (don clothing): beclothe; see also Thesaurus:clothe (fool, kid, deceive): hoodwink; see also Thesaurus:deceive (move swiftly forward): hasten; see also Thesaurus:speed up ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “literal—on a list”): take off (antonym(s) of “don clothing”): doff, take off; see also Thesaurus:undress (antonym(s) of “play a recording”): take off ==== Derived terms ==== put one's own oxygen mask on first ==== Related terms ==== put-on put one over (on) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== don wear === References === “put on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Upton, not up, punto, ton-up, unpot, upon't