Definition of "put on"

To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).  examples

To fool, kid, deceive.  examples

To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.  examples

To play (a recording).  examples

To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.  examples

To perform for an audience.  examples

To organize a performance for an audience.  examples

(obsolete) To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.  quotations

(transitive) To bet on.  examples

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put,‎ on.  examples