American Sign Language: "put" The sign for "put" has a lot of variations depending on what you mean. The general sign for put uses what I call "flattened AND" hands. Or "flattened O" hands. The pad of your thumb is pressed up against the underside of the fingers as if you were holding onto a piece of cardboard and "putting" it somewhere. PUT: "Put things away." Grab the items and quickly put them where they go. "Put in a slot" "Put on a certain shelf" "Put in a order in a file" Pack "Sort out" "Put up with." Uses the sign for "patience" while using a bit of a "suffering" type of facial expression. PATIENCE: Also see: MOVE Also see: THROW You can learn sign language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™ Lifeprint.com © Dr. William Vicars

American Sign Language: "put"

The sign for "put" has a lot of variations depending on what you mean.

The general sign for put uses what I call "flattened AND" hands. Or "flattened O" hands. The pad of your thumb is pressed up against the underside of the fingers as if you were holding onto a piece of cardboard and "putting" it somewhere.

PUT:

"Put things away." Grab the items and quickly put them where they go.

"Put in a slot" "Put on a certain shelf"

"Put in a order in a file" Pack

"Sort out"

"Put up with." Uses the sign for "patience" while using a bit of a "suffering" type of facial expression.

PATIENCE:

Also see: MOVE

Also see: THROW