put on

verbs

put clothing on one's body
"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"
assume, don, get into, put on, wear
add to something existing
"She put on a sun room"
put on
is a type of (narrower)
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
"We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
add
put on the stove or ready for cooking
"put on the tea, please!"
put on
domain category
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
"cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
cookery, cooking, preparation
is a type of (narrower)
prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
cook, fix, make, prepare, ready
carry out (performances)
"They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"
put on, turn in
add to the odometer
"He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"
put on
is a type of (narrower)
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
"We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
add
prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
"mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play"
mount, put on
apply to a surface
"She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
apply, put on
fool or hoax
"The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in
is derived from
put-on
increase (one's body weight)
"She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"
gain, put on

adjectives

adopted in order to deceive
"an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham