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Wiktionary
put out
  1. Taking offense; indignant. n. (context baseball English) The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused. v

  2. 1 (context transitive English) To place outside or eject. 2 (context transitive English) To produce. 3 (context transitive English) To injure a part of the body, especially a joint. 4 (context transitive English) To extinguish (a flame or light). 5 (context transitive English) To eliminate from a competition.

WordNet
put out
  1. v. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." [syn: trouble, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]

  2. put out considerable effort; "He put out the same for seven managers"

  3. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires" [syn: smother]

  4. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting" [syn: exsert, stretch out, extend, hold out, stretch forth]

  5. put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" [syn: douse]

  6. be sexually active; "She is supposed to put out"

  7. cause to be out on a fielding play [syn: 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" [syn: publish, bring out, issue, release]

  10. make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation" [syn: anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put to sleep, put under] [ant: bring to]

Usage examples of "put out".

Now, and let me stress this, around one hundred and fifty bodies put out like pairs of pants and dresses for the use of-one deep breath-over three thousand footloose egos.

If our radio ears are not cocked when they call, they'll probably be far too busy doing their interstellar rounds to hang about just in case we happen to put out the right signal.

The flames had to spread quickly, and become established before any of the brigades already in the area were able to put out the fire.

I knew that in stepping across the threshold of the place I'd be running a certain amount of risk, for it was almost certain that by now the sheriff would have put out an alarm concerning me.

Ross crawled on, put out a hand to Ashes arm as if only by touching the other could he be sure he was not an illusion.

Ross crawled on, put out a hand to Ashe's arm as if only by touching the other could he be sure he was not an illusion.

He is feeling somewhat put out at the moment, and will not be able to join you for dinner in the foreseeable future.

Someone broke into his kitchen in broad daylight and took some jerseys he'd put out for mending.

But the boy dodged again and put out his foot and the man went headlong.

And they would not believe him, because why would he have gone to such an extraordinary effort to put out that signal if it could not accomplish anything?

Shed set it down alongside the enormous handgun Otto had put out on the table as a threat.

She wanted the gag out, but she also would be willing to put out more to keep herself out of trouble.

They felt, as they gazed at it, that the power of that waterfall would turn backward every engine and dynamo on the earth, and it seemed as if it might almost put out the fires of the sun.