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