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1. Hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
   "his putting let him down today; he didn't sink a single putt over three feet";
   - 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, redact, 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. Make an investment
   "Put money into bonds";
   - invest, commit, place
    
6. Estimate
   "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.";
   - place, set
    
7. Cause (someone) to undergo something
   "He put her to the torture"
    
8. (music) adapt
   "put these words to music"
    
9. Organize thoughts, ideas, or temporal events
   "I put these memories with those of bygone times";
   - arrange, set up, order

Derived forms: puttings

See also: anesthetize [N. Amer], can, confuse, dishearten, follow through, put out, put through, put to sleep, smother, take down

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

Encyclopedia: Putting