verb
- Place so as to be noticed.
- usage: "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"
- synonyms: post
- Mount or put up.
- usage: "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
- Construct, build, or erect.
- usage: "Raise a barn"
- Put up with something or somebody unpleasant.
- usage: "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"
- Make available for sale at an auction.
- usage: "The dealer put up three of his most valuable paintings for auction"
- Preserve in a can or tin.
- usage: "tinned foods are not very tasty"
- Provide housing for.
- usage: "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
- synonyms: house, domiciliate
- Provide.
- usage: "The city has to put up half the required amount"
- synonyms: contribute
- Propose as a candidate for some honor.
- synonyms: nominate, put forward
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