"put about" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more put about [comparative], most put about [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} put about (comparative more put about, superlative most put about)
  1. (dated) disturbed; upset Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-put_about-en-adj-8MquYn33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "about", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 21 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "about": 65 19 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 22 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 13 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 70 18 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 63 19 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 76 14 10

Verb [English]

Forms: puts about [present, singular, third-person], putting about [participle, present], put about [participle, past], put about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> about}} put about (third-person singular simple present puts about, present participle putting about, simple past and past participle put about)
  1. (intransitive, nautical) To change direction. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Nautical Related terms: put it about, put oneself about
    Sense id: en-put_about-en-verb-m0d0rG27 Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (transitive) To circulate (a rumour). Tags: transitive Synonyms: circulate, spread, disseminate Translations (to circulate a rumor): разпространявам (razprostranjavam) (Bulgarian), scaip (Irish), mettere in giro (Italian)
    Sense id: en-put_about-en-verb-FBpHGAFb Disambiguation of 'to circulate a rumor': 4 96

Inflected forms

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        }
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      "sense": "to circulate a rumor",
      "word": "разпространявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to circulate a rumor",
      "word": "scaip"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to circulate a rumor",
      "word": "mettere in giro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put about"
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