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put to words

put to words verb: to verbally express, to articulate.

Verb

put to words (third-person singular simple present puts to words, present participle putting to words, simple past and past participle put to words)

  1. To verbally express, to articulate.
    • I struggle to put to words the seething, undying hatred that I feel for you.

Forms of put to words

third-person singular presentputs to words
present participleputting to words
past participleput to words
pastput to words

Questions about put to words

What does put to words mean?
Put to words means to verbally express, to articulate.
What part of speech is put to words?
Put to words is a verb.
What is the past tense of put to words?
The past tense of put to words is put to words.

Words near put to words in the dictionary

  1. put to the sword
  2. put to the test
  3. put to the torch
  4. put to the vote
  5. put to use
  6. put to words
  7. put to work
  8. put together
  9. put two and two together
  10. put two and two together and came up with five
  11. put two and two together and come up with five

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