Definition: increase (one's body weight)
Usage: She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising
Main entry: don, get into, assume, wear, put on
Definition: put clothing on one's body
Usage: 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
Main entry: put on
Definition: add to something existing
Usage: She put on a sun room
Main entry: put on
Definition: add to the odometer
Usage: He put on 1,000 miles on this trip
Main entry: take in, befool, put on, put one across, put one over, gull, fool, dupe, slang, cod
Definition: fool or hoax
Usage: The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone; You can't fool me!
Definition: apply to a surface
Usage: She applied paint to the back of the house; Put on make-up!
Definition: prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
Usage: mount a theater production; mount an attack; mount a play
Definition: carry out (performances)
Usage: They turned in a splendid effort; They turned in top jobs for the second straight game
Main entry: put on
Definition: put on the stove or ready for cooking
Usage: put on the tea, please!
Main entry: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, sham, put on, pretended
Definition: adopted in order to deceive
Usage: an assumed name; an assumed cheerfulness; a fictitious address; fictive sympathy; a pretended interest; a put-on childish voice; sham modesty