Phrase guide

put out

adj · noun · verb · 28 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Taking offense; indignant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Misspelling of putout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, misspelling

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To blind (eyes).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To place outside, to remove, particularly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Don’t forget to put out the dog.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To place outside, to remove, particularly

To expel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boot out, eject, kick out

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To place outside, to remove, particularly

To remove from office.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: depose, impeach

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To cause something to be out, particularly

To cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I don't mean to put you out. It's just vital that I get this done tonight.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: perturb, unsettle, agitate, freak, sting, bother, bring down, discompose, disconcert, enturbulate, disturb, mortify, put out, ruffle, throw off balance, upset, flurry

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To cause something to be out, particularly

To knock out: to eliminate from a competition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To cause something to be out, particularly

To cause a player on offense to be out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: ball-games, baseball, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To cause something to be out, particularly

Synonym of knock out: to render unconscious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, medicine, military, politics, sciences, sports, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knock out

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To go out, to head out; (especially) to set sail.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: set out, start out[Appendix:Glossary, beat it, bug off, remove, egress, bugger off, book, bounce, buzz off, chuck, cut one's stick, dash, depart, duck out, exit, get away, get out, go, go away, go out, GTFO, leave, make tracks, move on, namous, part, piss off, pull up stakes, put out, start, start out, set forth, set off, run along, sling one's hook, split, take off, take leave, take one's leave, take wing, quit

12

verb

Meaning 12

To cause something to go out, particularly

To produce, to emit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The factory puts out 4000 units each day.
  • This unit puts out 4000 BTUs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: give off, send out

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To cause something to go out, particularly

To express.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To cause something to go out, particularly

To broadcast, to publish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To cause something to go out, particularly

To dislocate (a joint).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Lift with your knees. Don’t put out your back.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To cause something to go out, particularly

To extinguish (fire).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • They worked for days to put out the brushfire.
  • She put out her cigarette.
  • One of the accident victims had to be put out by the passers-by.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: douse, extinct

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To cause something to go out, particularly

To turn off (light).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Put out those lights before the Germans see them.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To consent to having sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: open one's legs, spread one's legs

Antonyms: none provided

19

verb

Meaning 19

administer an anesthetic drug to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The patient must be anesthetized before the operation
  • anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anesthetize, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anaesthetise, put under

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: drug, dose

Narrower terms: etherize, etherise, cocainize, cocainise, chloroform, freeze, block

20

verb

Meaning 20

thrust or extend out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He held out his hand
  • point a finger
  • extend a hand
  • the bee exserted its sting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exsert, stretch out, extend, hold out, stretch forth

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gesticulate, gesture, motion

Narrower terms: hyperextend

21

verb

Meaning 21

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • publish a magazine or newspaper

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: publish, bring out, issue, release

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: publicize, publicise, air, bare

Narrower terms: edit

22

verb

Meaning 22

retire

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: play

23

verb

Meaning 23

deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • smother fires

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: smother

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: snuff out, extinguish

24

verb

Meaning 24

cause to be out on a fielding play

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: retire

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: toy, fiddle, diddle, play

25

verb

Meaning 25

put out considerable effort

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He put out the same for seven managers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: produce, make, create

26

verb

Meaning 26

to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Sorry to trouble you, but...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trouble, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch

Narrower terms: straiten, distress

27

verb

Meaning 27

be sexually active

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She is supposed to put out

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

28

verb

Meaning 28

put out, as of a candle or a light

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Douse the lights

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: douse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: ontzet — taking offense
  • Dutch: verontwaardigd — taking offense
  • Finnish: tuohtunut — taking offense
  • French: vexé — taking offense
  • Hungarian: bosszús — taking offense
  • Italian: offeso — taking offense
  • Italian: indignato — taking offense
  • Norwegian: satt ut — taking offense
  • Russian: оби́женный (obížennyj) — taking offense
  • Russian: возмущённый (vozmuščónnyj) — taking offense
  • Russian: негоду́ющий (negodújuščij) — taking offense
  • Swedish: förnärmad — taking offense
  • Catalan: eliminació — baseball statistic
  • Bulgarian: изключвам (izključvam) — to place outside or eject
  • Dutch: buitenzetten — to place outside or eject
  • Dutch: uitwerpen — to place outside or eject
  • Esperanto: eligi — to place outside or eject
  • Esperanto: forigi — to place outside or eject
  • Finnish: laittaa ulos — to place outside or eject
  • Old Frisian: útia — to place outside or eject
  • German: rausbringen — to place outside or eject
  • German: raussetzen — to place outside or eject
  • German: rauswerfen — to place outside or eject
  • Old High German: úzón — to place outside or eject
  • Hungarian: kirak — to place outside or eject
  • Hungarian: kitesz — to place outside or eject
  • Hungarian: kikészít — to place outside or eject
  • Hungarian: kiterít — to place outside or eject
  • Hungarian: kitereget — to place outside or eject
  • Hungarian: kinyújt — to place outside or eject
  • Norwegian: sette ut — to place outside or eject
  • Norwegian: slippe ut — to place outside or eject
  • Old English: ūtian — to place outside or eject
  • Old English: geūtian — to place outside or eject
  • Portuguese: colocar/botar/pôr para fora — to place outside or eject
  • Russian: выкла́дывать (vykládyvatʹ) — to place outside or eject
  • Russian: вы́ложить (výložitʹ) — to place outside or eject
  • Spanish: sacar — to place outside or eject
  • Turkish: çıkarmak — to place outside or eject
  • Hungarian: kizár — to expel, to remove from office
  • Hungarian: kirak — to expel, to remove from office
  • Hungarian: elbocsát — to expel, to remove from office
  • Hungarian: kirúg — to expel, to remove from office
  • Hungarian: elküld — to expel, to remove from office
  • Hungarian: bosszant — to cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb
  • Hungarian: kellemetlen helyzetbe hoz — to cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb
  • Irish: cuir isteach ar — to cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb
  • Hungarian: kihajózik — to go out, to head out, especially (sailing) to set sail
  • Hungarian: kifut — to go out, to head out, especially (sailing) to set sail
  • Hungarian: elindul — to go out, to head out, especially (sailing) to set sail
  • Hungarian: útra kel — to go out, to head out, especially (sailing) to set sail
  • Arabic: أَنْتَجَ (ʔantaja) — to produce, to emit
  • Bulgarian: произвеждам (proizveždam) — to produce, to emit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 制造 (zhìzào) — to produce, to emit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生產 /生产 (shēngchǎn) — to produce, to emit
  • Dutch: produceren — to produce, to emit
  • Esperanto: produkti — to produce, to emit
  • Esperanto: eligi — to produce, to emit
  • Finnish: tuottaa — to produce, to emit
  • French: produire — to produce, to emit
  • German: produzieren — to produce, to emit
  • German: herstellen — to produce, to emit
  • Hungarian: termel — to produce, to emit
  • Hungarian: gyárt — to produce, to emit
  • Hungarian: készít — to produce, to emit
  • Japanese: 生産する (seisan-surú) — to produce, to emit
  • Norwegian: lage — to produce, to emit
  • Norwegian: produsere — to produce, to emit
  • Portuguese: produzir — to produce, to emit
  • Russian: производи́ть (proizvodítʹ) — to produce, to emit
  • Russian: произвести́ (proizvestí) — to produce, to emit
  • Turkish: üretmek — to produce, to emit
  • Ottoman Turkish: یایمق (yaymak) — to produce, to emit
  • Hungarian: kiad — to broadcast, to publish
  • Hungarian: kibocsát — to broadcast, to publish
  • Hungarian: közzétesz — to broadcast, to publish
  • Hungarian: megjelentet — to broadcast, to publish
  • Hungarian: közvetít — to broadcast, to publish
  • Hungarian: vetít — to broadcast, to publish
  • Hungarian: sugároz — to broadcast, to publish
  • Hungarian: lead — to broadcast, to publish
  • Bulgarian: изкълчвам (izkǎlčvam) — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Dutch: kwetsen — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Dutch: blesseren — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Esperanto: misfleksi — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Finnish: vahingoittaa — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Hungarian: kificamít — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Hungarian: megrándít — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Russian: выви́хивать (vyvíxivatʹ) — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Russian: вы́вихнуть (vývixnutʹ) — to dislocate, injure a joint in the body
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܟ̰ܡܸܥ (māčmiʿ) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Aromanian: astingu — to extinguish (fire)
  • Basque: amatatu — to extinguish (fire)
  • Bulgarian: гася (gasja) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Catalan: apagar — to extinguish (fire)
  • Cherokee: ᎬᏜᏗᎭ (gvdladiha) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熄滅 /熄灭 (xīmiè) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撲滅 /扑灭 (pūmiè) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Dalmatian: stotur — to extinguish (fire)
  • Danish: slukke — to extinguish (fire)
  • Dutch: blussen — to extinguish (fire)
  • Dutch: uitdoen — to extinguish (fire)
  • Dutch: doven — to extinguish (fire)
  • Esperanto: estingi — to extinguish (fire)
  • Finnish: sammuttaa — to extinguish (fire)
  • French: éteindre — to extinguish (fire)
  • Friulian: distudâ — to extinguish (fire)
  • German: löschen — to extinguish (fire)
  • Greek: σβήνω (svíno) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Ancient Greek: σβέννυμι (sbénnumi) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Hungarian: elolt — to extinguish (fire)
  • Hungarian: kiolt — to extinguish (fire)
  • Italian: estinguere — to extinguish (fire)
  • Italian: spegnere — to extinguish (fire)
  • Japanese: 消す (kesu) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Khmer: ពន្លត់ (pɔɔpŭənlŭət) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Latin: exstinguō — to extinguish (fire)
  • Norwegian: slokke — to extinguish (fire)
  • Norwegian: slukke — to extinguish (fire)
  • Occitan: astudar — to extinguish (fire)
  • Occitan: esténher — to extinguish (fire)
  • Occitan: esténger — to extinguish (fire)
  • Polish: wygaszać — to extinguish (fire)
  • Portuguese: apagar — to extinguish (fire)
  • Portuguese: extinguir — to extinguish (fire)
  • Romanian: stinge — to extinguish (fire)
  • Romansh: stüder — to extinguish (fire)
  • Romansh: stüzzer — to extinguish (fire)
  • Romansh: stidar — to extinguish (fire)
  • Romansh: stizar — to extinguish (fire)
  • Russian: туши́ть (tušítʹ) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Russian: потуши́ть (potušítʹ) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Russian: гаси́ть (gasítʹ) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Russian: погаси́ть (pogasítʹ) — to extinguish (fire)
  • Sardinian: studai — to extinguish (fire)
  • Sicilian: astutari — to extinguish (fire)
  • Spanish: extinguir — to extinguish (fire)
  • Turkish: söndürmek — to extinguish (fire)
  • Vietnamese: dập — to extinguish (fire)
  • Yiddish: אויסלעשן (oysleshn) — to extinguish (fire)
  • German: ausmachen — to turn off (light)
  • German: ausschalten — to turn off (light)
  • Hungarian: lekapcsol — to turn off (light)
  • Hungarian: kikapcsol — to turn off (light)
  • Hungarian: elolt — to turn off (light)
  • Dutch: toegeven — to consent to sex
  • Esperanto: konsenti — to consent to sex
  • Finnish: antaa — to consent to sex
  • French: écarter les cuisses — to consent to sex
  • German: ranlassen — to consent to sex
  • Hungarian: felajánlkozik — to consent to sex
  • Hungarian: felkínálkozik — to consent to sex
  • Polish: dawać — to consent to sex
  • Polish: dać — to consent to sex
  • Portuguese: dar — to consent to sex
  • Russian: дава́ть (davátʹ) — to consent to sex
  • Russian: дать (datʹ) — to consent to sex
  • Serbo-Croatian: дати (dati) — to consent to sex
  • Spanish: abrirse de piernas — to consent to sex
  • Swedish: släppa till — to consent to sex
  • Turkish: vermek — to consent to sex