PUT (5)

Put (put; often pŭt in def. 3), v. i. 1. 1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. Bacon.
2. 2. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. Dryden. 3. 3. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
To put about (Naut.), to change direction; to tack. — To put back (Naut.), to turn back; to return. “The French . . . had put back to Toulon.” Southey. — To put forth. (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. “Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth.” Bacon. (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. Shak. — To put in (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port. — To put in for. (a) To make a request or claim; as, to put in for a share of profits. (b) To go into covert; — said of a bird escaping from a hawk. (c) To offer one's self; to stand as a candidate for. Locke. — To put off, to go away; to depart; esp., to leave land, as a ship; to move from the shore. — To put on, to hasten motion; to drive vehemently. — To put over (Naut.), to sail over or across. — To put to sea (Naut.), to set sail; to begin a voyage; to advance into the ocean. — To put up. (a) To take lodgings; to lodge. (b) To offer one's self as a candidate. L'Estrange. — To put up to, to advance to. “With this he put up to my lord.” Swift. — To put up with. (a) To overlook, or suffer without recompense, punishment, or resentment; as, to put up with an injury or affront. (b) To take without opposition or expressed dissatisfaction; to endure; as, to put up with bad fare.