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To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ditransitive, transitive
Examples
- I put a coat on my daughter.
- I put tinsel on the Christmas tree.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To fool, kid, deceive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- You must be putting me on.
- She's putting on that she's sicker than she really is.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Why are you putting that silly voice on?
- He's just putting on that limp -- his leg's actually fine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To play (a recording).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I'll put your favorite record on.
- Can you put on The Sound of Music? I'd like to see it again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To play (a recording) on (a sound system).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ditransitive, transitive
Examples
- I'll put blues on the stereo.
- We usually put the Beatles on on my boombox.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I'll put on some coffee for everybody.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To perform for an audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The actors put on a show last Saturday.
- The actors will put Macbeth on only one more time.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To organize a performance for an audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The theatre company is putting on Into the Woods this season.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To provide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To bet (money or other items) on (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ditransitive, transitive
Examples
- I put five pounds on that racehorse.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To assign or apply (something) to a target.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ditransitive, transitive
Examples
- The gang boss put some goons on the other gang.
- The witch put a hex on me.
- This puts a completely different hue on the matter.
- Carl has been put on the front desk for tonight's shift.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To give (someone) a role in popular media.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I hope they put me on TV.
- They put her on a billboard.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To switch on (a device).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To gain (weight).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I put on at least five kilos over the holidays.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He put the pen on the table.
- Put it on the list.
- The doctor put me on a diet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
19
adjective satellite
Meaning 19
adopted in order to deceive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an assumed name
- an assumed cheerfulness
- a fictitious address
- fictive sympathy
- a pretended interest
- a put-on childish voice
- sham modesty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, sham
Antonyms: none provided
increase (one's body weight)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
Narrower terms: round, flesh out, fill out, pack on
put clothing on one's body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wear, get into, don, assume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dress, get dressed
Narrower terms: hat, try on, try, scarf, slip on
add to something existing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: add
add to the odometer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He put on 1,000 miles on this trip
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: add
fool or hoax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
- You can't fool me!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, take in, put one over, put one across
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deceive, betray, lead astray
Narrower terms: pull the leg of, kid
apply to a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She applied paint to the back of the house
- Put on make-up!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: apply
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cover
Narrower terms: dab, swab, swob, daub, gum, dress, cream, cold-cream, putty, sponge on, slap on, clap on, slam on
prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mount a theater production
- mount an attack
- mount a play
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mount
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
Narrower terms: rerun
carry out (performances)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They turned in a splendid effort
- They turned in top jobs for the second straight game
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turn in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: make, create
put on the stove or ready for cooking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
135 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
لَبِسَ
(labisa)
— to don
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Arabic:
اِرْتَدَى
(irtadā)
— to don
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Arabic:
لبس
(libis, labss)
— to don
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Arabic:
دار
(dær)
— to don
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Arabic:
لْبس
(lbəs)
— to don
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Azerbaijani:
taxmaq
— to don
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Azerbaijani:
geymək
— to don
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Bashkir:
кейеү
(keyew)
— to don
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Belarusian:
надзява́ць
(nadzjavácʹ)
— to don
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Belarusian:
надзе́ць
(nadzjécʹ)
— to don
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Bulgarian:
обли́чам
(oblíčam)
— to don
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Bulgarian:
облека́
(obleká)
— to don
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Catalan:
posar-se
— to don
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Chinese Mandarin:
穿上
(chuānshang)
— to don
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Chinese Mandarin:
穿
(chuān)
— to don
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Ngazidja Comorian:
upvamɓa
— to don
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Ngazidja Comorian:
nkabwa
— to don
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Czech:
oblékat
— to don
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Czech:
obléct
— to don
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Danish:
iføre sig
— to don
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Danish:
tage på
— to don
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Dutch:
aantrekken
— to don
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Dutch:
opzetten (headgear)
— to don
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Esperanto:
surmeti
— to don
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Finnish:
pukea ylleen
— to don
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Finnish:
laittaa päälle
— to don
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Finnish:
panna päälle
— to don
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Finnish:
pistää päälle
— to don
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French:
mettre
— to don
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French:
enfiler
— to don
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Friulian:
vistî
— to don
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German:
anziehen
— to don
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German:
aufsetzen (headgear)
— to don
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Gothic:
𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌼𐍉𐌽
(gahamōn)
— to don
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Greek:
βάζω
(vázo)
— to don
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Ancient Greek:
ἕννυμι
(hénnumi)
— to don
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Ancient Greek:
ἐνδύω
(endúō)
— to don
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Ancient Greek:
βιβάζω
(bibázō)
— to don
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Greenlandic:
ativaa
— to don
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Hebrew:
לבש
(lavásh)
— to don
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Hindi:
पहनना
(pahannā)
— to don
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Hungarian:
felvesz
— to don
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Icelandic:
fara í
— to don
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Ido:
metar
— to don
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Irish:
cuir ar
— to don
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Italian:
vestire
— to don
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Italian:
indossare
— to don
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Japanese:
着る
(kiru)
— to don
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Japanese:
履く
(haku)
— to don
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Japanese:
被る
(kaburu)
— to don
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Khmer:
ពាក់
(pĕək)
— to don
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Korean:
입다
(ipda)
— to don
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Lao:
ໃສ່
(sai)
— to don
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Latgalian:
maukt
— to don
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Latgalian:
viļkt
— to don
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Latin:
induō
— to don
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Latin:
sūmō
— to don
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Latvian:
vilkt
— to don
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Latvian:
aut
— to don
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Lithuanian:
auti
— to don
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Macedonian:
облекува
(oblekuva)
— to don
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Old English:
dōn on
— to don
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Pashto:
اغوستل
(aγustəl)
— to don
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Persian:
پوشیدن
(pušidan)
— to don
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Polish:
wkładać
— to don
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Polish:
włożyć
— to don
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Portuguese:
vestir
— to don
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Portuguese:
pôr
— to don
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Portuguese:
colocar
— to don
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Portuguese:
botar
— to don
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Russian:
надева́ть
(nadevátʹ)
— to don
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Russian:
наде́ть
(nadétʹ)
— to don
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Sanskrit:
प्रवस्ते
(pravaste)
— to don
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Sanskrit:
वस्ते
(vaste)
— to don
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Serbo-Croatian:
обући
— to don
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Serbo-Croatian:
obući
— to don
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Sidamo:
wodhdha
— to don
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Slovak:
obliekať
— to don
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Slovak:
obliecť
— to don
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Slovene:
obléči
— to don
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Spanish:
ponerse
— to don
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Swedish:
sätta på sig
— to don
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Thai:
ใส่
(sài)
— to don
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Thai:
สวมใส่
(sǔuam-sài)
— to don
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Thai:
สวม
(sǔuam)
— to don
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Thai:
ครอง
(krɔɔng)
— to don
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Tocharian B:
wäs-
— to don
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Turkish:
giymek
— to don
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Ukrainian:
надіва́ти
(nadiváty)
— to don
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Ukrainian:
надяга́ти
(nadjaháty)
— to don
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Ukrainian:
наді́ти
(nadíty)
— to don
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Ukrainian:
вдяга́ти
(vdjaháty)
— to don
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Ukrainian:
одягти́
(odjahtý)
— to don
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Urdu:
پہننا
(pahannā)
— to don
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Vietnamese:
mặc vào
— to don
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Vietnamese:
đeo vào
— to don
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Vietnamese:
đi vào
— to don
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Walloon:
mete
— to don
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Yiddish:
אָנטאָן
(onton)
— to don
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Arabic:
لبس
(labbis, labbas)
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Dutch:
aantrekken
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Dutch:
aandoen
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Esperanto:
surmeti
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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German:
anziehen
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Hebrew:
הלביש
(hilbísh)
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Icelandic:
klæða
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Irish:
gléas
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Italian:
vestire
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Pennsylvania German:
aabappe
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Swedish:
klä på
— to decorate or dress (something) onto
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Finnish:
vedättää
— to fool, kid, deceive
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Finnish:
laskea leikkiä
— to fool, kid, deceive
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Finnish:
pelleillä
— to fool, kid, deceive
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Finnish:
vitsailla
— to fool, kid, deceive
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Finnish:
teeskennellä
— to behave in a particular way as a pretense
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Chinese Cantonese:
放
(fong3)
— to play (a recording)
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Dutch:
opzetten
— to play (a recording)
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Finnish:
soittaa
— to play (a recording)
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Finnish:
laittaa soimaan
— to play (a recording)
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Finnish:
panna soimaan
— to play (a recording)
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Finnish:
pistää soimaan
— to play (a recording)
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Hungarian:
feltesz
— to play (a recording)
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Hungarian:
betesz
— to play (a recording)
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Hungarian:
berak
— to play (a recording)
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Russian:
ста́вить
(stávitʹ)
— to play (a recording)
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Russian:
поста́вить
(postávitʹ)
— to play (a recording)
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Finnish:
laittaa tulemaan
— to initiate cooking or warming
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Bulgarian:
представям
(predstavjam)
— to perform for an audience
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Finnish:
esittää
— to perform for an audience
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Finnish:
esiintyä
— to perform for an audience
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Finnish:
esittää
— to organize a performance for an audience
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Finnish:
esiintyä
— to organize a performance for an audience
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German:
zulegen
— to gain (weight)
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Irish:
cuir suas
— to gain (weight)
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Finnish:
painua tiehensä
— (obsolete) to hurry up