 put_out |
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| 1. | [ verb ] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | |
| Synonyms: | bother trouble discommode incommode disoblige inconvenience | |
| Examples: | : "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
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| Related terms: | affect trouble botheration inconvenience inconvenience | |
| 2. | [ verb ] put out considerable effort | |
| Examples: | : "He put out the same for seven managers" |
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| Related terms: | produce | |
| 3. | [ verb ] deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion | |
| Synonyms: | smother | |
| Examples: | "smother fires" |
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| Related terms: | snuff_out cover | |
| 4. | [ verb ] extend out and forward, as of a limb | |
| Synonyms: | extend hold_out stretch_forth stretch_out exsert | |
| Examples: | "He held out his hand" "point a finger" "extend a hand" |
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| Related terms: | gesticulate hyperextend extensor_muscle | |
| 5. | [ verb ] put out, as of a candle or a light | |
| Synonyms: | douse | |
| Examples: | "Douse the lights." |
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| Related terms: | extinguish | |
| 6. | [ verb ] be sexually active | |
| Examples: | "She is supposed to put out" |
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| Related terms: | be | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (baseball,games) retire | |
| Synonyms: | strike_out retire | |
| Examples: | "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field" |
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| Related terms: | play baseball move_over | |
| 8. | [ verb ] cause to be out on a fielding play | |
| Synonyms: | retire | |
| Related terms: | toy baseball | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (news) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | |
| Synonyms: | issue publish release bring_out | |
| Examples: | "publish a magazine or newspaper" |
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| Related terms: | publicize edit release publication issue publisher publisher publication issuer publisher | |
| 10. | [ verb ] (pharmacology,surgery) make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs | |
| Synonyms: | anaesthetize put_to_sleep put_under anaesthetise anesthetise anesthetize | |
| Examples: | "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation" |
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| Related terms: | bring_to drug etherize freeze chloroform block cocainize anesthetic sleep | |
| Similar spelling: |
putout |
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