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put on

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put on
     v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He
          put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess
          donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the
          stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: {wear}, {get
          into}, {don}, {assume}]
     2: add to something existing; "She put on a sun room"
     3: put on the stove or ready for cooking; "put on the tea,
        please!"
     4: carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid
        effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight
        game" [syn: {turn in}]
     5: add to the odometer; "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"
     6: prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for
        execution or performance; "mount a theater production";
        "mount an attack"; "mount a play" [syn: {mount}]
     7: apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the
        house"; "Put on make-up!" [syn: {apply}]
     8: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
        everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: {gull}, {dupe}, {slang},
         {befool}, {cod}, {fool}, {take in}, {put one over}, {put
        one across}]
     9: increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she
        stopped exercising" [syn: {gain}] [ant: {reduce}]

put on
     adj : adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed
           cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive
           sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish
           voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: {assumed}, {false}, {fictitious},
            {fictive}, {pretended}, {sham}]
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