资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Put \Put\ (put; often p[u^]t in def. 3), v. i.
1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. --Dryden.
3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
{To put about} (Naut.), to change direction; to tack.
{To put back} (Naut.), to turn back; to return. ``The French
. . . had put back to Toulon.'' --Southey.
{To put forth}.
(a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. ``Take earth from under
walls where nettles put forth.'' --Bacon.
(b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. --Shak.
{To put in} (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port.
{To put in for}.
(a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share
of profits.
(b) To go into covert; -- said of a bird escaping from a
hawk.
(c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for.
--Locke.
{To put off}, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as
a ship; to move from the shore.
{To put on}, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently.
{To put over} (Naut.), to sail over or across.
{To put to sea} (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to
advance into the ocean.
{To put up}.
(a) To take lodgings; to lodge.
(b) To offer one's self as a candidate. --L'Estrange.