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PUT OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Administer an anesthetic drug to
Example:
anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth
Synonyms:
anaesthetise; anaesthetize; anesthetise; anesthetize; put out; put under
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
dose; drug (administer a drug to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put out"):
etherise; etherize (anesthetize with ether)
cocainise; cocainize (anesthetize with cocaine)
chloroform (anesthetize with chloroform)
freeze (anesthetize by cold)
block (interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Thrust or extend out
Example:
the bee exserted its sting
Synonyms:
exsert; extend; hold out; put out; stretch forth; stretch out
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
gesticulate; gesture; motion (show, express or direct through movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put out"):
hyperextend (extend a joint beyond its normal range)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Example:
publish a magazine or newspaper
Synonyms:
bring out; issue; publish; put out; release
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put out"):
edit (supervise the publication of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue put out the movie
Sense 4
Meaning:
Retire
Example:
he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
putout (an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Example:
smother fires
Synonyms:
put out; smother
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
extinguish; snuff out (put an end to; kill)
"Put out" entails doing...:
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Cause to be out on a fielding play
Synonyms:
put out; retire
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
diddle; fiddle; play; toy (manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
putout (an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout))
Sense 7
Meaning:
Put out considerable effort
Example:
He put out the same for seven managers
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Example:
Sorry to trouble you, but...
Synonyms:
bother; discommode; disoblige; incommode; inconvenience; put out; trouble
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put out"):
distress; straiten (bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 9
Meaning:
Be sexually active
Example:
She is supposed to put out
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 10
Meaning:
Put out, as of a candle or a light
Example:
Douse the lights
Synonyms:
douse; put out
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "put out" is one way to...):
blow out; extinguish; quench; snuff out (put out, as of fires, flames, or lights)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
I had never rowed in my life, but I put out the oars and at the expense of much effort got the boat clear of the Ghost.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Earth and water are used to put out a fire (Sagittarius is a fire sign), so until the elements move more in your favor, you will have to march to a practical drummer.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He put out his arms and folded her to his breast; and for a while she lay there sobbing.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A voice, 'Yes,' and considerable interruption which ended in several men being put out of the hall.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He talked soothingly to him, but not for long, then slowly put out his hand, rested it on White Fang's head, and resumed the interrupted patting.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
She put out a hand, with all the fingers going as if she were playing on the harpsichord, and she touched Jim on the shoulder.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I shall stand by him, therefore, and he shall neither be put out on the road, nor shall his ears be offended indoors.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He put out his hand and coldly grasped that which she extended to him.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Two Navy agents died trying to put out the fire.
(Brazil ship off to Antarctica for research support, Agência Brasil)
He advised her against it, thought the jar too great; but no, he reasoned and talked in vain, she smiled and said, I am determined I will: he put out his hands; she was too precipitate by half a second, she fell on the pavement on the Lower Cobb, and was taken up lifeless!
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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