1. Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
   "his putting let him down today";
   - putt

1. Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
   "Put your things here";
   - set, place, pose, position, lay
    
2. Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
   "That song put me in awful good humour"; "put your ideas in writing"
    
3. Formulate in a particular style or language
   "I wouldn't put it that way";
   - frame, cast, couch
    
4. Attribute or give
   "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story";
   - assign
    
5. Organize thoughts, ideas, or temporal events
   "I put these memories with those of bygone times";
   - arrange, set up, order
    
6. Make an investment
   "Put money into bonds";
   - invest, commit, place
    
7. Estimate
   "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M";
   - place, set
    
8. Cause (someone) to undergo something
   "He put her to the torture"
    
9. (music) adapt
   "put these words to music"

Derived forms: puttings

See also: array, demean, go through with, put off, put out, put through, put to sleep, smother, tin

Type of: alter, apply, approximate, arrange, articulate, change, displace, drop, employ, estimate, expend, formulate, gauge, give voice, golf shot, golf stroke, judge, modify, move, organise [Brit], organize, phrase, set, spend, subject, swing, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, word

Antonym: disinvest

Encyclopedia: Putting