put on
pʊt ɑːn
Laid on top — why music and body weight are both put on
The picture Something that wasn't there is laid onto a surface and stays sitting there. Take off lifts what was lying there away; put on lays something new onto the surface.
Where the picture shows up in put on
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laid onto the body
Put on your helmet before you go in.
pʊt ɑːn jɔːr ˈhelmət bɪˈfɔːr juː ɡoʊ ɪn
Wear your hard hat before you go in.
The helmet that was lying beside you rises and settles onto your head
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laid onto the flame
Could you put the kettle on?
kʊd juː pʊt ðə ˈketl ɑːn
Could you boil some water?
The kettle leaves the table and comes to rest on the lit ring
Switching a machine on grew out of this — setting a pot over a fire.
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laid over the room as sound
She put on some music while we worked.
ʃi pʊt ɑːn sʌm ˈmjuːzɪk waɪl wi wɜːrkt
She played music while we worked.
A song spreads over the silent room like a layer laid across it
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laid onto the body as weight
He put on ten kilos over the winter.
hi pʊt ɑːn ten ˈkiːloʊz ˈoʊvər ðə ˈwɪntər
He gained ten kilos over the winter.
Another layer settles around his waist until the trousers pull tight
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laid onto a stage
They're putting on a show this Friday.
ðer ˈpʊtɪŋ ɑːn ə ʃoʊ ðɪs ˈfraɪdeɪ
They're staging a show this Friday.
Curtain, actors and lights are set one by one onto an empty stage
All of it in one picture
Put on is one picture: laying something onto a surface. Onto your head it is wearing; onto the flame it is boiling; onto the quiet room it is playing music; onto your body it is gaining weight. Onto a bare stage it is staging a show. Only the surface changes — the laying-on is always the same.