put out

v 1: 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: extend out and forward, as of a limb; "He held out his

hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand" [syn: {stretch

out}, {extend}, {hold out}, {stretch forth}]

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

{douse}]

6: in baseball: "The pitcher retired three batters" [syn: {retire}]

7: publish a magazine or newspaper, for example [syn: {publish},

{bring out}, {issue}, {release}]

8: make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient

must be anesthetized before the operation" [syn: {anesthetize},

{anaesthetize}, {put to sleep}, {put under}] [ant: {bring

to}]