put

From Wiktionary

put is part of the Basic English 850.

[change] Pronunciation

• enPR: /poo͝t/
• IPA: /pʊt/
• SAMPA: /pUt/
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[change] Verb

Plain form put

Third person singular puts

Simple past put

Past participle put

Present participle putting

1. When you put a thing someplace, you move a thing to a place.

   I always put my books on the table when I get home from school.

2. The past tense and past participle of put.

   The person stopped reading the book and put it on the table.