"put about" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> about"
      },
      "expansion": "put about (third-person singular simple present puts about, present participle putting about, simple past and past participle put about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 53 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 59 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Herman Melville, Billy Budd",
          "text": "It had been incurred by a little fellow, young, a novice, an afterguardsman absent from his assigned post when the ship was being put about.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change direction."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_about-en-verb-m0d0rG27",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, nautical) To change direction."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "word": "put it about"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "word": "put oneself about"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To circulate (a rumour)."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_about-en-verb-FBpHGAFb",
      "links": [
        [
          "circulate",
          "circulate"
        ],
        [
          "rumour",
          "rumour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To circulate (a rumour)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "circulate"
        },
        {
          "word": "spread"
        },
        {
          "word": "disseminate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razprostranjavam",
          "sense": "to circulate a rumor",
          "word": "разпространявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to circulate a rumor",
          "word": "mettere in giro"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put about"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more put about",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most put about",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "put about (comparative more put about, superlative most put about)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1878, Mrs. James Mason, All about Edith, page 124",
          "text": "I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "disturbed; upset"
      ],
      "id": "en-put_about-en-adj-8MquYn33",
      "links": [
        [
          "disturbed",
          "disturbed"
        ],
        [
          "upset",
          "upset"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) disturbed; upset"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put about"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> about"
      },
      "expansion": "put about (third-person singular simple present puts about, present participle putting about, simple past and past participle put about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "put it about"
    },
    {
      "word": "put oneself about"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886, Herman Melville, Billy Budd",
          "text": "It had been incurred by a little fellow, young, a novice, an afterguardsman absent from his assigned post when the ship was being put about.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To change direction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "direction",
          "direction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, nautical) To change direction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To circulate (a rumour)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circulate",
          "circulate"
        ],
        [
          "rumour",
          "rumour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To circulate (a rumour)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "circulate"
        },
        {
          "word": "spread"
        },
        {
          "word": "disseminate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razprostranjavam",
      "sense": "to circulate a rumor",
      "word": "разпространявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to circulate a rumor",
      "word": "mettere in giro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put about"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more put about",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most put about",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "put about (comparative more put about, superlative most put about)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1878, Mrs. James Mason, All about Edith, page 124",
          "text": "I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "disturbed; upset"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disturbed",
          "disturbed"
        ],
        [
          "upset",
          "upset"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) disturbed; upset"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put about"
}