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.
181. Instead of training the men were put on fatigues / fatigue duty.
182. The workers are bringing things to put on the ship.
183. The bandage must be put on when the blister breaks.
184. The situation is rapidly reaching boiling point, and the army has been put on stand-by.
185. You'd better put on a spurt if you want to finish that work today.
186. Put on your red wool cardigan - it'll be nice and warm.
187. The workers on the construction site should put on their safety helmets before starting to work.
188. Can smokers really complain if more tax is put on cigarettes?
189. The band are hoping to put on a UK show before the end of the year.
190. As he has a bad cold,he has put on nothing but a bowl of porridge.http://Sentencedict.com
191. When he saw us, he began to put on the dog.
192. He was put on a high dosage of vitamin C.
193. She told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering questions.
194. The government is proposing to put on a new range of taxes to pay for social services.
195. I'm forever on a diet, since I put on weight easily.
196. They put on a retrospective show of his work at the National Museum of American Art.