put out meaning and definition

PUT OUT verb

Definition of put out (verb)

1. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
   • "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
   • synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, trouble
2. put out considerable effort
   • "He put out the same for seven managers"
3. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
   • "smother fires"
   • synonyms: smother
4. thrust or extend out
   • "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
   • synonyms: exsert, extend, hold out, stretch forth, stretch out
5. put out, as of a candle or a light
   • "Douse the lights"
   • synonyms: douse
6. be sexually active
   • "She is supposed to put out"
7. cause to be out on a fielding play
   • synonyms: retire
8. retire
   • "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field"
9. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
   • "publish a magazine or newspaper"
   • synonyms: bring out, issue, publish, release
10. administer an anesthetic drug to
    • "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"; "anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth"
    • synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put under
    • antonym: bring around