Synonym: dress, wear. Antonym: take off. Similar words: put out, put off, autonomy, tone, put, get on, button, sit on. Meaning: v. 1. put clothing on one's body 2. add to something existing 3. put on the stove or ready for cooking 4. carry out (performances) 5. add to the odometer 6. prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance 7. apply to a surface 8. fool or hoax 9. increase (one's body weight). adj. adopted in order to deceive put-on. n. 1. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way 2. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage 3. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement.
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151. I must go and put on a clean shirt and make myself look respectable.
152. Put on some cream to stop your nose from peeling.
153. Following the bomb blast, local hospitals have been put on red alert .
154. The crankcase has to drain before you put on the new filter.
155. He put on weight and started to lose his looks.
156. In the dark the girl student hurried to put on someone else's coat.
157. There's not much point in a meeting until he has something definite to put on the table.
158. Brian's toe is still badly swollen and he cannot put on his shoe.
159. The army was put on alert as the peace talks began to fail.
160. Jenny didn't want Adam to see how worried she was. So she put on a brave front .
161. As soon as the food was put on the table,[www.Sentencedict.com] all the children pitched in without waiting to be invited.
162. The dead soldiers were put on the plane in body bags.
163. Turn that dreadful wailing music off and put on something cheerful.
164. He's put on a lot of weight since he gave up smoking.
165. I eat whatever I want and I still don't seem to put on weight.
166. He was put on a life-support machine in intensive care.
167. He's been put on short time because business is so quiet.
168. Fertilizer is a substance put on land to fertilize it.
169. We are going to put on an exhibition of cultural relics next Tuesday.
170. Troops in the Philippines have been put on full alert in anticipation of trouble during a planned general strike.
171. There's no need to put on that injured expression - you know you're in the wrong.
172. Maple trees put on their best show in the autumn.
173. The trees have put on their new coats of green.
174. Let's go into the study and put on some music.
175. Security forces have been put on standby in case of violence.
176. The former President was demanding that he should be either put on trial or set free.
177. They put on a show of being interested(sentencedict.com), but I don't think they really were.
178. I've put on such a lot of weight recently - this dress is straining at the seams.
179. She put on her grandest air and waltzed into the living room to join the others.
180. Workers across the country have been put on short time because of the slump in demand.