put inverb

• 1

  To place inside.

  • Just put in the key for the ignition and turn it.
• 2

  To place inside.

  • They put me in the state pen for a year for that.
  • They put me in with an absolute maniac for a cellmate.
• 3

  To apply, request, or submit.

  • I'm going to the bank to put in for a transfer.
• 4

  To contribute.

  • I put in an extra hour at work today.
  • Despite his success, the comedian liked to put in appearances at some of the smaller venues.
• 5

  datednauticaltransportTo call at (a place or port), especially as a deviation from an intended journey.

  • We put in at Brixham, a most excellent fishing Town, but very dirty and disagreeable.
  • “They were bound for Quebec—hadn’t any notion of coming to P. E. I. They had a long rough voyage and water got scarce, so the captain of the New Moon put in here to get some.
• 6

  To declare or make official.

  • The defendant has put in a plea of not guilty.
• 7

  To plant a crop.

  • We've put in carrots in the east field.
• 8

  To make (a telephone call).