Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.
To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
To perform for an audience.
To organize a performance for an audience.
To fool, kid, deceive.
To bet on.
To play (a recording).
To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
To drop something that was intended to be caught.
To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
To reveal information to an uninformed party.
To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
To come undone.
To spread out or fall out, as above.
To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
A fall or stumble.
A metallic rod or pin.
One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
A mess of something that has been dropped.
The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.