PUT TO WORK

I. (verb)

Meaning:

Cause to work

Example:

he is working his servants hard

Synonyms:

put to work; work

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "put to work" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Cause:

do work; work (be employed)

Verb group:

do work; work (be employed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put to work"):

exercise; work; work out (give a workout to)

warm up (cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles)

computerise; computerize; cybernate (control a function, process, or creation by a computer)

rack (put on a rack and pinion)

exploit; overwork (work excessively hard)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody