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put_out
has definitions from the fields of pharmacology,surgery,news,baseball,games
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[ verb ] to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Synonyms Examples : "Sorry to trouble you, but..." Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Anita put_out the remaining candles with a long snuffer , and in the smell of scented candlewick , the comforting awareness of each other 's bodies , the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered , their minds grew numb and then empty_of images . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)He was put_out too because there was only one way of understanding what she 'd done . Related terms |
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[ verb ] put out considerable effort
Examples : "He put out the same for seven managers" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)For_that_matter , Stan_Musial is rare , possessing the disposition that enabled him to put_out the same for seven managers , reserving his opinions , but not his effort . Related terms |
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[ verb ] deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Synonyms Examples "smother fires" Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)When Kate hurried in alarm to tell him to put it out , she saw other dots of flames among the western Virginia hills from the few scattered fires of the faithful . |
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[ verb ] extend out and forward, as of a limb
Synonyms Examples "He held out his hand" "point a finger" "extend a hand" Used in print (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)`` Ciao , '' and put_out her hand . Related terms |
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[ verb ] put out, as of a candle or a light
Synonyms Examples "Douse the lights." Related terms |
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[ verb ] (baseball,games) retire
Synonyms Examples "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field" |
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[ verb ] (pharmacology,surgery) make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs
Examples "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation" Related terms bring_to drug etherize freeze chloroform block cocainize anesthetic sleep |
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