put up

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

put up
    v 1: place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning
         at the dump" [syn: {post}, {put up}]
    2: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
       [syn: {put up}, {provide}, {offer}]
    3: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: {raise},
       {erect}, {rear}, {set up}, {put up}] [ant: {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"
       [syn: {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"
       [syn: {can}, {tin}, {put up}]
    7: provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new
       development outside the town" [syn: {house}, {put up},
       {domiciliate}]
    8: provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
       [syn: {put up}, {contribute}]
    9: propose as a candidate for some honor [syn: {nominate}, {put
       up}, {put forward}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

put up \put up\ v. t. & i.
   1. to connect a device to a telephone line surreptitiously,
      so as to listen to or record the conversations of persons
      on the telephone without their knowledge; -- of
      telephones, persons, or locations. Used as police jargon.
      [jargon]

   Syn: wiretap, tap, intercept, bug.
        [WordNet 1.5] [+PJC]

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