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Put out

adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Taking offense; indignant.

    "He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct."

Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of putout. alt-of, misspelling
Verb
  1. 1
    To blind (eyes). transitive

    "You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!"

  2. 2
    administer an anesthetic drug to wordnet
  3. 3
    To place outside, to remove, particularly transitive

    "Don’t forget to put out the dog."

  4. 4
    thrust or extend out wordnet
  5. 5
    To place outside, to remove, particularly; To expel. transitive

    "‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […] ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’"

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  1. 6
    prepare and issue for public distribution or sale wordnet
  2. 7
    To place outside, to remove, particularly; To remove from office. transitive
  3. 8
    retire wordnet
  4. 9
    To cause something to be out, particularly; To cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb. transitive

    "I don't mean to put you out. It's just vital that I get this done tonight."

  5. 10
    deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion wordnet
  6. 11
    To cause something to be out, particularly; To knock out: to eliminate from a competition. transitive

    "England stumbled into the World Cup quarter-finals and almost certainly put Scotland out after an error-ridden victory at Eden Park."

  7. 12
    cause to be out on a fielding play wordnet
  8. 13
    To cause something to be out, particularly; To cause a player on offense to be out. transitive
  9. 14
    put out considerable effort wordnet
  10. 15
    To cause something to be out, particularly; Synonym of knock out: to render unconscious. transitive
  11. 16
    to cause inconvenience or discomfort to wordnet
  12. 17
    To go out, to head out, especially (sailing) to set sail. intransitive

    "Along about Tuesday Uncle Cal put out for San Antone on the last wagonload of wool."

  13. 18
    be sexually active wordnet
  14. 19
    To cause something to go out, particularly; To produce, to emit. transitive

    "The factory puts out 4000 units each day."

  15. 20
    put out, as of a candle or a light wordnet
  16. 21
    To cause something to go out, particularly; To express. obsolete, transitive
  17. 22
    To cause something to go out, particularly; To broadcast, to publish. transitive

    "‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […] ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’"

  18. 23
    To cause something to go out, particularly; To dislocate (a joint). transitive

    "Lift with your knees. Don’t put out your back."

  19. 24
    To cause something to go out, particularly; To extinguish (fire). transitive

    "They worked for days to put out the brushfire."

  20. 25
    To cause something to go out, particularly; To turn off (light). transitive

    "'You talk funny,' I said to him. 'I mean, the other wardens say, "Put that light out", but you shout, "Put out the light".' 'Shakespeare,' the warden said in a deep voice."

  21. 26
    To consent to having sex. intransitive

    "Don't them laundry queens put out good enough to suit you?"

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