--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 77 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 77 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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a state: put the baby to sleep.[↗](../../put/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To put can mean to write or say: put your name at the top; put it simply.[↗](../../put/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* With small words put has many meanings: put on (clothes), put away, put off (delay), put up with (bear), put out (a fire), put up (a tent, or a guest for the night).[↗](../../put/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Stay put» means stay where you are; «put a sock in it» means be quiet; «put your feet up» means rest.[↗](../../put/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (rough) «Put up or shut up» means prove it or be quiet; «put someone down» means make them feel small.[↗](../../put/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (euphemism) «Put down» or «put to sleep» said about a pet means the vet ended its life gently; «put away» can mean sent to prison.[↗](../../put/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) The exam voice says «place», «deposit», «position», «allocate», «insert», «distribute».[↗](../../put/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 9:* To put something to rights means to set it in order or to repair it.[↗](../../put/#m9 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I put three spoons on the table.[↗](../../put/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · When we put two groups together, we add.[↗](../../put/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Kim puts 20 buttons into 4 equal groups.[↗](../../put/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your name at the top of the page.[↗](../../put/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your hand up if you know.[↗](../../put/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put on your coat; it's cold.[↗](../../put/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Please put the toys away.[↗](../../put/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighters put out the fire.[↗](../../put/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · If you get lost, stay put and call for help.[↗](../../put/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · put 2 more plates out, nan + grandad coming[↗](../../put/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh, put a sock in it, I'm trying to count\![↗](../../put/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty buttons are allocated equally into 4 receptacles; state the number deposited in each receptacle.[↗](../../put/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Could you put that to rights?"[↗](../../put/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put them all together into ward three days.[↗](../../put/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.42.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../put/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · We know not who put our money in our sacks.'[↗](../../put/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../put/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.[↗](../../put/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../put/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?[↗](../../put/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.38.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../put/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") · And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.[↗](../../put/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.6.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../put/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") · The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.[↗](../../put/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../put/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") **putrid** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Rotten and foul-smelling.[↗](../../putrid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dead flies make the ointment of the perfumer fetid and putrid; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honour.[↗](../../putrid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.10.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../putrid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Then said he unto me: 'These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and when they shall enter into the sea, into the sea of the putrid waters, the waters shall be healed.[↗](../../putrid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.47.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../putrid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **puttest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «puttest» means «you put», a form of «put»: To put is to move something to a place: put the cup on the table.[↗](../../puttest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The LORD will command the blessing with thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and He will bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.[↗](../../puttest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.8, JPS 1917) **putteth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «putteth» means «puts», a form of «put»: To put is to move something to a place: put the cup on the table.[↗](../../putteth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?'[↗](../../putteth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.12, JPS 1917) · Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.'[↗](../../putteth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.33, JPS 1917) · And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to speak any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.'[↗](../../putteth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.38, JPS 1917) **putting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Putting means placing something somewhere: putting a book on the shelf.[↗](../../putting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Putting is used in many phrases: putting on a coat (dressing), putting off a job (delaying), putting up with something (accepting it).[↗](../../putting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In golf, putting (said differently, to rhyme with «cutting») means hitting the ball gently along the grass towards the hole.[↗](../../putting/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm putting my toys away.[↗](../../putting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is putting on her coat because it's cold.[↗](../../putting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop putting off your homework\![↗](../../putting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is putting up a shelf.[↗](../../putting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Putting on a seat belt keeps you safe in the car.[↗](../../putting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Putting three apples and two apples together makes five apples.[↗](../../putting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighters are putting out the fire.[↗](../../putting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He practised putting on the mini-golf course.[↗](../../putting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I will," said Elfin, putting his arms around her.[↗](../../putting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In the first edition I overlooked this word three; and putting and for as, made four classes of serving beings.[↗](../../putting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../putting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.[↗](../../putting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.7.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../putting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And she said unto him: 'Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is worse than the other that thou didst unto me.'[↗](../../putting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") But he would not hearken unto her.[↗](../../putting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.13.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../putting/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For I hate putting away, saith the LORD, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith the LORD of hosts; therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.[↗](../../putting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.2.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../putting/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **putty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soft grey or white paste that is pressed into gaps, for example to hold glass in a window frame, and that goes hard as it dries.[↗](../../putty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Any soft stuff that can be pressed and shaped easily, like the stretchy toy "silly putty".[↗](../../putty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (idiom) "Putty in someone's hands" means a person who is easily persuaded or controlled by someone else.[↗](../../putty/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb, rare) To fill or fix something with putty.[↗](../../putty/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad pressed fresh putty around the new pane of glass.[↗](../../putty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fill the nail holes with putty before you paint the shelf.[↗](../../putty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother stretched his silly putty across the table.[↗](../../putty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The putty takes a day to go hard.[↗](../../putty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy looked up with big eyes, and Gran was putty in his hands.[↗](../../putty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a putty knife to scrape away the old putty.[↗](../../putty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In art club we shaped putty into tiny animals.[↗](../../putty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When he could see clearly he made out a mountain-like dragon whose heavy breast crushed the stones beneath it into putty.[↗](../../putty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **puzzle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A puzzle is a game or problem you solve by thinking, like a jigsaw with many pieces, a crossword or a riddle.[↗](../../puzzle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A puzzle is something hard to understand: «Where the cat went is a puzzle».[↗](../../puzzle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To puzzle is to make someone wonder or feel confused.[↗](../../puzzle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To puzzle over something is to think hard about it.[↗](../../puzzle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A puzzle has 500 pieces.[↗](../../puzzle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lily has put together 120 pieces of the puzzle.[↗](../../puzzle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each puzzle costs $8.[↗](../../puzzle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He solves 4 puzzles a day.[↗](../../puzzle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa does the crossword puzzle every morning.[↗](../../puzzle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sudoku is a number puzzle.[↗](../../puzzle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The missing cookies were a puzzle.[↗](../../puzzle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The strange noise puzzled us.[↗](../../puzzle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She puzzled over the riddle for an hour.[↗](../../puzzle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He was quite puzzled when he reached the market-place.[↗](../../puzzle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **puzzler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A question, problem or mystery that is hard to understand or solve: «That riddle is a real puzzler.».[↗](../../puzzler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who enjoys doing puzzles, like crosswords or sudoku.[↗](../../puzzler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A puzzler can also be a person who is hard to understand or figure out.[↗](../../puzzler/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Here's a puzzler: what has keys but can't open locks?[↗](../../puzzler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Question 10 on the maths test was a real puzzler.[↗](../../puzzler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Why the cat kept hiding the socks was a puzzler.[↗](../../puzzler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma is a keen puzzler who does the crossword every day.[↗](../../puzzler/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The missing biscuits were a puzzler until we found crumbs on the dog.[↗](../../puzzler/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher gives us a Friday puzzler to solve in pairs.[↗](../../puzzler/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a puzzler, take him how you will."[↗](../../puzzler/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pygmy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of animals and plants) A very small kind of a species, much smaller than its relatives, such as a pygmy hippo, pygmy goat or pygmy marmoset.[↗](../../pygmy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (often offensive) An old word for members of some peoples in Central Africa who are short; today people prefer to use the names of the peoples themselves, such as the Mbuti or Baka.[↗](../../pygmy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, insulting) A person thought to be unimportant.[↗](../../pygmy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pygmy hippo lives in the forests of West Africa.[↗](../../pygmy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A pygmy seahorse is smaller than your fingernail.[↗](../../pygmy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm had three cheeky pygmy goats.[↗](../../pygmy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pygmy marmoset is one of the smallest monkeys.[↗](../../pygmy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pygmy possum sleeps through the cold winter in Australia.[↗](../../pygmy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our guide used the name Baka for the forest people instead of an old label.[↗](../../pygmy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "I am your enemy," answered the valiant Pygmy, in his mightiest squeak.[↗](../../pygmy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **pyjama** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (pyjamas) Loose, comfortable clothes for sleeping in, usually a top and trousers.[↗](../../pyjama/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (pyjama, before another noun) Belonging to pyjamas: «pyjama party», «pyjama top».[↗](../../pyjama/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I put on my pyjamas after my bath.[↗](../../pyjama/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a pyjama party at my friend's house.[↗](../../pyjama/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My pyjama top has stars on it.[↗](../../pyjama/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was pyjama day at school, so we came in our PJs.[↗](../../pyjama/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa gave me a new pair of pyjamas.[↗](../../pyjama/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't go outside in your pyjamas\![↗](../../pyjama/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pylon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pylon is a tall metal tower that holds up thick electricity cables high above the ground.[↗](../../pylon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In some places (US) a pylon also means a traffic cone.[↗](../../pylon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Huge pylons carry electricity across the fields.[↗](../../pylon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Never climb a pylon — the electricity can kill you.[↗](../../pylon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't fly a kite near pylons or power lines.[↗](../../pylon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign on the pylon said «Danger of death».[↗](../../pylon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The pylons looked like giant metal people holding hands.[↗](../../pylon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds sat on the wires between the pylons.[↗](../../pylon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pyramid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pyramid is a solid shape with a flat bottom (base) and sides shaped like triangles that meet at a point at the top.[↗](../../pyramid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") A square pyramid has 5 faces.[↗](../../pyramid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Pyramids of Egypt are huge old stone buildings of this shape, made as tombs for kings.[↗](../../pyramid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pyramid is also a pile of things in rows that get smaller towards the top.[↗](../../pyramid/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A square pyramid has 5 faces.[↗](../../pyramid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He built a pyramid of cans with 4 in the bottom row.[↗](../../pyramid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each row of the pyramid has one fewer block.[↗](../../pyramid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many edges does a square pyramid have?[↗](../../pyramid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ancient Egyptians built pyramids for their kings.[↗](../../pyramid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A triangular pyramid has 4 faces, all triangles.[↗](../../pyramid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cheerleaders made a human pyramid.[↗](../../pyramid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The food pyramid shows we need lots of fruit and vegetables.[↗](../../pyramid/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then I buried them beneath a pyramid of sand, which covers them all.[↗](../../pyramid/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole creation is thus contemplated as a pyramid, terminating in a point at the top with a broad basis.[↗](../../pyramid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") \[See Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 224.\][↗](../../pyramid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../pyramid/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **pyre** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A pyre is a big pile of wood or other fuel for burning, often for burning a dead body or a bundle of things.[↗](../../pyre/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They built a pyre on the hill.[↗](../../pyre/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero was placed on the pyre.[↗](../../pyre/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The flames of the pyre rose high into the sky.[↗](../../pyre/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Everything was flung on the pyre.[↗](../../pyre/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **pyrite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A shiny, pale gold-coloured mineral made of iron and sulphur, often called fool's gold because people mistook it for real gold.[↗](../../pyrite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pyrite is called fool's gold.[↗](../../pyrite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The miner shouted with joy, but it was only pyrite.[↗](../../pyrite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pyrite often grows in little cubes.[↗](../../pyrite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Real gold is soft, but pyrite is hard and brittle.[↗](../../pyrite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pyrite makes sparks if you strike it with steel.[↗](../../pyrite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a shiny pyrite crystal at the rock shop.[↗](../../pyrite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pyrotechnic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with fireworks: «a pyrotechnic display».[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (pyrotechnics, noun) A fireworks show, or the skill of making and setting off fireworks.[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) Very brilliant, dazzling and showy, especially in music, speech or skill: «pyrotechnic guitar playing».[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pyrotechnic display lit up the whole bay.[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pyrotechnic experts set off the fireworks safely from a barge.[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Different metals give pyrotechnic colours: copper makes blue, strontium makes red.[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The guitarist's pyrotechnic solo amazed the crowd.[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Only trained people should handle pyrotechnic devices.[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film ended with pyrotechnics over the castle.[↗](../../pyrotechnic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **pythagorean** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having to do with Pythagoras, the Greek thinker who taught that numbers are the basis of all things, or with his followers.[↗](../../pythagorean/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We find this very idea in the Pythagorean system.[↗](../../pythagorean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../pythagorean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The "one" in the Pythagorean dualism is the Symbol, I. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../pythagorean/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A solution to this question will be found in the Pythagorean dualism.[↗](../../pythagorean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../pythagorean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **python** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A python is a large snake that is not venomous and kills its prey by wrapping round it and squeezing; pythons live in Africa, Asia and Australia.[↗](../../python/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Python (with a capital P) is a popular programming language, easy to read, used in schools and by scientists and companies.[↗](../../python/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The python wrapped itself around its prey.[↗](../../python/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pythons are not venomous; they squeeze.[↗](../../python/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A python can swallow an animal bigger than its head.[↗](../../python/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a carpet python in the shed\![↗](../../python/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In computing, we wrote our first program in Python.[↗](../../python/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Python code uses indentation to show blocks.[↗](../../python/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The reticulated python is one of the longest snakes in the world.[↗](../../python/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mowgli turned and saw the great Python’s head swaying a foot above his own.[↗](../../python/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/76/) **77** - ← previous: [page 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/76/) - next →: [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)