Source : WordNet®

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: 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}]