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English Dictionary: put up by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
put up
v
  1. place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
    Synonym(s): post, put up
  2. mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
    Synonym(s): put up, provide, offer
  3. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
    Synonym(s): raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
    Antonym(s): dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down
  4. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
    Synonym(s): digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
  5. make available for sale at an auction; "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction"
  6. preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
    Synonym(s): can, tin, put up
  7. provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
    Synonym(s): house, put up, domiciliate
  8. provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
    Synonym(s): put up, contribute
  9. propose as a candidate for some honor
    Synonym(s): nominate, put up, put forward
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