Dictionary

put in en · VERB

Etymology

From put + in.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To place inside.
   • Just put in the key for the ignition and turn it.
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To place inside. ▸ To imprison or place in a prison cell.
   • They put me in with an absolute maniac for a cellmate.
   • They put me in the state pen for a year for that.
3. (intransitive) To apply, request, or submit.
   • I'm going to the bank to put in for a transfer.
4. (transitive) To contribute.
   • Despite his success, the comedian liked to put in appearances at some of the smaller venues.
   • I put in an extra hour at work today.
5. (dated, intransitive) To call at (a place or port), especially as a deviation from an intended journey.
   • “They were bound for Quebec—hadn’t any notion of coming to P. E. I. They had a long rough voyage and water got scarce, so the captain of the New Moon put in here to get some. 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon:
   • We put in at Brixham, a most excellent fishing Town, but very dirty and disagreeable. 1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 18:
6. (transitive) To declare or make official.
   • The defendant has put in a plea of not guilty.
7. (transitive) To plant a crop.
   • We've put in carrots in the east field.
8. (transitive) To make (a telephone call).
9. (transitive) To fill in on a form or questionnaire; to use as an answer on a form or questionnaire.
   • Put in my name as your emergency contact.
10. (transitive) To install or deliver.
    • I'm putting in a new water heater in the spring.
11. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To injure the body of (someone).
    • She put six shots in him.
12. (obsolete) To distribute type that is ready for composing.

Forms

Deriveds

put-in

Translations (29)

cmn 插入 (to place inside) · fr insérer (to place inside) · hu betesz (to place inside) · ru вложи́ть (to place inside) · ca ficar (to place inside) · uk вста́вити (to place inside) · fr mettre (to place inside) · tr sokmak (to place inside) · pl włożyć (to place inside) · cmn 投入 (to place inside) · uk вставля́ти (to place inside) · grc ἐντίθημι (to place inside) · ko 넣다 (to place inside) · uk вклада́ти (to place inside) · es meter (to place inside) · ga cuir isteach (to place inside) · bxd kɛ̠ʔ⁵⁵ (to place inside) · qu sat'iy (to place inside) · gl meter (to place inside) · th ใส่ (to place inside) · ja 入れる (to place inside) · pl wkładać (to place inside) · ru вста́вить (to place inside) · ota صوقمق (to place inside) · ru вкла́дывать (to place inside) · hu berak (to place inside) · ru вставля́ть (to place inside) · bg вкарвам (to place inside) · uk вкла́сти (to place inside)