put definition

1. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
2. put into a certain place or abstract location
• examples: Put your things here
• examples: Set the tray down
• examples: Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
• examples: Place emphasis on a certain point
3. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
• examples: That song put me in awful good humor
• examples: put your ideas in writing
4. attribute or give
• examples: She put too much emphasis on her the last statement
• examples: He put all his efforts into this job
• examples: The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story
5. cause (someone) to undergo something
• examples: He put her to the torture
6. adapt
• examples: put these words to music