| 单词 | to put out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put out to put out 1. transitive. To gouge out (an eye); to blind (an eye). Also figurative. ΚΠ OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Num. (Claud.) xvi. 14 Wilt ðu, la, ut apytan ure eagan?] lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Domitian A.viii) anno 796 Ceolwulf Myrcna cing..gefeng Eadberht Præn,..& let him pytan ut his eagan & ceorfan of his hand. c1375 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3260 They bounde hym faste and putten [v.r. putte] out his eyen. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 20 (MED) The Philistienes..had put out his eyen & schauen his hed. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kijv/1 I shal..also put out thyn eyen. 1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Cviii Who toke Sidechias prisoner, & put out both hys eyes? 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 56/1 We shall se such gret villaneis, that they are inough to put out our eyes. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. i. 56 Will you put out mine eyes?.. Hub. I haue sworne to do it: And with hot Irons must I burne them out. View more context for this quotation 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 33 Betray'd, Captiv'd, and both my Eyes put out . View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 109 You are so robustious, you had like to put out my Eye. 1814 J. B. Scott Diary 6 Sept. in E. Mann Englishman at Home & Abroad (1930) iii. 69 Numbers of quails, whose eyes are put out to prevent them being afraid to chirp, are kept in cages. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 155 One of the hostages was brought close to the East Gate, and his eyes were put out in the sight of both armies. 1937 C. Carmer Hurricane's Children 105 He wore waistcoats that would put your eyes out. 1984 A. Carter Nights at Circus i. ii. 23 Her one eye, a sailor having put the other out with a broken bottle the year of the Great Exhibition. 1999 Renaissance No. 13. 44/1 (caption) Sharp spikes protruded from the inside of the doors [of the Iron Maiden], including two at face-level to put out the victim's eyes. 2. transitive. a. To remove or turn out of office, employment, or possession; to depose, dismiss; to dispossess. Cf. to put out of —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 1344 P.R.O.: 192.9580 in Middle Eng. Dict. at Bresten [Someone] putte out Margerie of hire heritage. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Isa. xxii. 19 I shal putten þee out fro þi stonding, & fro þi seruyse I shal depose þee. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 137 (MED) As ferforth as we conne caste, Theodorus putte out Wilfridus wrongfulliche. c1450 (c1425) Brut (Cambr. Kk.1.12) 345 He deposid & put out the Mayre of London. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 22 And had nocht bene haly sanct Lowis the gude king of fraunce, the verray pape sanct jnnocent had bene put out vtterly. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxiiv Dysseysyn is proprely where a man entreth in ony landes or tenementes where his entre is not lefull, and putteth hym out that hath the fraunke [tenement]. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 675/1 He was baylyffe of the towne, but the lorde hath put hym out. 1694 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 195 The same day..that AB. Sancroft was put out. 1750 R. Bolton Justice of Peace for Irel. i. xliii. 244 The Justice of Peace may break open the House by Force, to reseize the same, and to put the Party, so put out, in Possession again. 1774 Decisions Court of Session till 1764 4 270 An assignee to a liferent-tack was found to have power to put tenants out and in. 1852 Amer. Law Reg. 1 120 The former owner..cannot claim such record in evidence of the State's title, in an action brought by the State to put him out. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Sept. 4/3 ‘If the Government don't put 'em (the planters) out, we will,’ said one of the men to me. 1964 R. Braddon Year Angry Rabbit x. 91 So what'd my Gary do to get himself knighted? Kill his dad, who was thinking next time of putting you [sc. the Government] out? 1999 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 26 Apr. 5 The policy principles..were put in place in September 1989, just before the council election that put Labour out. b. (a) Cricket and Baseball to cause (a batter or runner) to be out (out adv. 3c); (b) Sport to cause to be out of a competition, to knock out. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] to put out1735 take1828 to get out1833 remove1843 to send back1870 dismiss1875 out1899 get1901 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (transitive)] > put out to put out1848 society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > win > put out of competition eliminate1865 to put out1890 sideline1913 1735 London Evening Post 17 June Upon London's second Innings, four of them were put out before they headed the Country. 1744 ‘J. Love’ Cricket iii. Argt. 17 Bryan is unfortunately put out by Kips. 1832 Brighton Gaz. 19 July 3/4 Mr. J. W. Osborne..did not give a chance, and was not put out in either innings. 1848 By-laws & Rules Knickerbocker Base Ball Club 13 A runner cannot be put out in making one base, when a balk is made by the pitcher. 1890 Field 24 May 776/2 Although nearly put out..in the fifth round, his steady shooting eventually enabled him to win. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 107 Snodgrass was put out trying to get to third base. 1952 Times 27 May 9/4 The last six batsmen were put out for 47 runs in 50 minutes after luncheon. 1995 Vietnam News 25 Aug. 12/3 Legia Warsaw put out Gothenburg, who won their group in last season's Champions' League. c. Originally (Boxing): to knock out. Later also more generally: to render unconscious, esp. with anaesthetic. Cf. out adv. 17e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (transitive)] > knock down or out to knock (formerly also hit, etc.) out of time1821 to send to dorse1822 dorse1825 to knock out1883 to put out1895 stop1895 K.O.1922 kayo1923 starch1930 1895 Washington Post 19 Nov. 8/4 (heading) Griffo–Gans match a fake. The former agreed beforehand not to put his opponent out. 1910 J. Driscoll Ringcraft iii. 84 I have..not infrequently put opponents ‘out’ with a blow on the neck. 1976 M. H. Clark Where are Children? xi. 61 Give her a needle to relax her but not to put her out. 2001 A. Solomon Noonday Demon (2002) iii. 121 A short-acting IV general anaesthetic is given, which will put the patient out completely for about ten minutes. 3. transitive. a. To thrust, drive, or send out of a place; to expel or eject by force. Also figurative. Cf. output v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excrete [verb (transitive)] yetOE to put outa1350 void1398 expelc1405 avoid1562 ejaculate1578 excern1578 regurgitate1578 egest1607 evacuate1607 vent1607 expurgate1621 excrete1669 pass1698 to put off1740 re-ejaculate1826 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > put outdoors to put outa1350 to turn out1546 output1588 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > put out outdoc1300 to do out of ——a1325 to put outa1350 outset?1533 output1588 to turn out1654 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession outshoveOE to do out of ——OE shovec1200 to put out of ——c1225 to cast out1297 void13.. usurpa1325 to put outa1350 outputa1382 outrayc1390 excludea1400 expulse?a1475 expel1490 to shut forth1513 to put forth1526 to turn out1546 depel?1548 disseisin1548 evict1548 exturb1603 debout1619 wincha1626 disseise1627 out-pusha1631 howster1642 oust1656 out1823 purge1825 the bum's rush1910 outplace1928 a1350 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 260 (MED) Penaunce þe tid alle gate buen yput out at þe ȝate. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 99 (MED) Þe Saxones..putte out Gurmund, the Irische kyng, wiþ his Pictes. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 169 (MED) Alle þese þingis..ben comprehendid in..þe vttere wombe, in whiche ben lacertis for to helpe putte out [L. ad exprimendum] þe fecis & wijnd & vrine. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Kings xiii. 17 Putte thou out [L. Eiice] this womman fro me, and close thou the dore aftir hir. a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 29 (MED) After þat..þe mater is put out [L. Post..euacuationem], þou shalt rype the carbocle. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark v. f. lj Then he put them all out..and entred in. 1617 Lady A. Clifford Diary Jan. (1923) 48 He put out all that were there and my Lord and I kneeled by his chair sides. 1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) i. 16 The police attempted to put them out when they cried out ‘Go in, Killers!’ ‘Go in, Killers!’ which caused a regular row. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 128 He is..put out by the constables. 1936 Hammond (Indiana) Times 10 Nov. 3/2 They entered the class-room..and refused to leave. They were put out by the police. 1988 Independent 4 Oct. 6/3 We have done this as humanely as possible. Nobody has been put out on the street. b. To drive out, expel, dismiss (something immaterial). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away feezec890 adriveeOE aflemeeOE off-driveeOE flemeOE withdrivec1000 adreveOE to drive outOE biwevea1300 chasec1300 void13.. catcha1325 firk1340 enchasec1380 huntc1385 to catch awayc1390 forcatch1393 to put offa1398 to cast awaya1400 to put outc1400 repel?a1439 exterminate1541 chasten1548 propulse1548 keir1562 hie1563 depulse1570 band1580 bandy1591 flit1595 ferret1601 profugate1603 extermine1634 c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 163 (MED) Parfit charite putteþ out drede. a1450 (a1396) W. Hilton Eight Chapters on Perfection 23 (MED) Þat wondirful loue..is sufficient..for to put out her malice fro þe mynde of her soule. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. iii. sig. c.vi Hym [sc. the man childe] lyked to put out all thy fraudes & decepcyons. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 238 The thoughts of this Booty put out all the thoughts of the first. 1914 Master Mind Mag. Oct. 17 You put out darkness by bringing in the light, and you put out evil memories by bringing in good ones. 2006 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constit. (Nexis) 13 May 10 d All we need to do is..put out all thoughts of the postseason, or the next ACC team..and just go back to basics, one pitch at a time. c. To displace (a bone) from its normal position in the joint; to dislocate, put out of joint; (also) to strain (the back); to experience pain or spasm in (the back). Cf. to throw out 16 at throw v.1 Phrasal verbs. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > affect with disorder of joints [verb (transitive)] > dislocate unjointa1393 twist?1515 dislocate1608 dislock1609 luxate1623 to put out1640 lux1708 slip1728 to throw out1885 pop1914 1640 J. Shirley St. Patrick v. sig. Hv I never knew any man strike the devill, but he put out his necke bone or his shoulder blade. 1658 R. Baxter Call to Unconverted 249 Some others have by their heedlesness sprained a sinnew or put out a bone. ?1747 Brit. Mag. 360 He struck up his Heels, and by the Violence of his fall put out his Shoulder. 1780 J. Woodforde Diary 15 July (1924) I. 289 John had a fall lately..and put out his shoulder bone, being a little merry. c1820 M. M. Sherwood Penny Tract 8 (Houlston's Juv. Tr.) Francis..had the misfortune to put out his ancle. 1890 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 148 567/2 He put out his shoulder in one of the most dangerous deadlocks. 1949 W. G. Roelker Corr. B. Franklin & C. R. Greene ii. 38 Franklin confessed that he had put his shoulder out in another fall from his horse. 1980 J. O'Faolain No Country for Young Men xv. 319 Mary let her slip in the bath and she put her hip out. 1981 Daily Mail 30 May 11/3 (caption) Dick Slaney really put his back into picking up girls yesterday—while an unfortunate rival put his back out trying the same thing. 2006 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 13 Jan. One lad slipped on a cone and..landed on another lad and put his ankle out. 2014 L. Millar Hidden Girl 115 He was already shuffling one of the shelf units through the study doorway. If Will tried that, he'd put his back out. 4. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [verb (transitive)] > utter leadOE givec1175 tell?c1225 talkc1275 to set upa1325 to put outc1350 soundc1374 to give upc1386 pronouncea1393 cough1393 moutha1400 profera1400 forth withc1400 utterc1400 to put forth1535 display1580 vent1602 accent1603 respeak1604 vocalize1669 fetch1707 go1836 outen1951 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xliv. 1 (MED) Myn hert put out gode worde; y saye my werkes to þe kynge of glorie. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. e v v The first worde to the houndis that the hunt shall owt pit Is at the kenell doore when he openys it. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Aiijv Put out no puffes, nor thwackyng words Words of to large assyce. 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 71v No wanton word would she put out. 1888 ‘S. Tytler’ Blackhall Ghosts II. xix. 120 All his anger was put out on poor me. b. To put into circulation; to publish, issue; to broadcast. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)] sowc888 blowc1275 dispeple1297 to do abroadc1300 fame1303 publyc1350 defamea1382 publisha1382 open?1387 proclaima1393 slandera1400 spreada1400 abroachc1400 throwc1400 to give outa1425 promote?a1425 noisec1425 publicc1430 noisec1440 divulgea1464 to put outc1475 skail1487 to come out witha1500 bruit1525 bruita1529 to bear out1530 divulgate1530 promulgate1530 propale?1530 ventilate1530 provulgate1535 sparple1536 sparse1536 promulge1539 disperse1548 publicate1548 forthtell1549 hurly-burly?1550 propagate1554 to set abroada1555 utter1561 to set forth1567 blaze1570 evulgate1570 scatter1576 rear?1577 to carry about1585 pervulgate1586 celebrate?1596 propalate1598 vent1602 evulge1611 to give forth1611 impublic1628 ventilate1637 disseminate1643 expose1644 emit1650 to put about1664 to send abroad1681 to get abroad1688 to take out1697 advertise1710 forward1713 to set abouta1715 circulate1780 broadcast1829 vent1832 vulgate1851 debit1879 float1883 society > communication > printing > publishing > publish [verb (transitive)] to put forth1482 to put out1529 to set forth1535 promulge1539 to set abroada1555 present1559 to set out1559 utter1561 divulge1566 publish1573 print?1594 emit1650 edition1715 edit1727 to give to the world1757 to get out1786 to send forth1849 to bring out1878 run1879 release1896 pub1932 society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > put into circulation [verb (transitive)] utterc1483 to put forth1572 pass1579 to turn and wind1598 wind1598 vent1629 to put outa1719 expose1751 mobilize1864 monetarize1952 c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 64 (MED) Erippides..said vnto theim of Athenes whiche prayde him that he wolde put oute a sentence of a tragedie, [etc.]. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 223/1 Tyndal hath put out in hys own name another booke entitled Mammona. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 351 To peruse those bookes of Citties, put out by Braunus, and Hogenbergius. 1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 141 There is a Primmer put out for the Quaker Children, by W. Smith. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. iii. 538 He put out a Coin, that on the reverse of it had a ship tossed on the waves to represent the Church. 1760 T. Brett Diss. Anc. Versions Bible 71 Afterwards he put out another Edition. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 162 There is a great decay of devotional unction in the numerous books of prayers put out now-a-days. 1877 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxxv, in Monthly Packet Apr. 317 Injunctions were put out this winter..against carrying candles on Candlemas Day. 1957 BBC Handbk. 136 These transmissions [of colour television]..were put out in the London area. 1965 G. Melly Owning-up xi. 135 His version of ‘Rock Island Line’..was put out as a single and rose to be top of the Hit Parade. 1996 J. Guinn & A. Grieser Something in Blood i. 9 Since 1990 I'd been putting out this little vampire fanzine called VAMPS. 2002 L. Purves Radio (2003) i. 13 The broadcasters often put out stern warnings to residents in certain streets to stop causing interference to their neighbours. c. To distribute or make available for purchase; to introduce into or place on the market. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > expose or offer for sale > establish or promote (a product) launch1870 to put out1883 market1922 package1946 1883 Colman's Rural World (St. Louis, Missouri) 15 Nov. 4/2 They can therefore put out their product and reap a good profit. 1922 Milk Dealer Nov. 73 The milk company..had planned to put out a chocolate milk. 1973 E. A. Clasen in Social Marketing 199 You cannot put out a product that meets every standard in the marketplace. 2001 Business Week 2 July 71/3 Nike insisted on putting out its own Nike brand of skates. 5. a. transitive. To stretch out or extend (a part of the body, esp. a hand); to cause to stick out, jut out, or project. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > stretch [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body > in some direction, purposefully to put forthc1300 thrustc1374 to put outa1382 proferc1400 outstretcha1425 to hold out1535 outhold1550 push1581 intend1601 stick1607 protrude1638 poke1700 blurt1818 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. iii. 22 Now þenn lest parauentour he putte out his honde & take also of þe tree of lyf. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvii. 175 (MED) Þe paume hath powere to put [v.r. pittyn] oute alle þe ioyntes, And to vnfolde þe folden fuste. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxxviii. E The one put out his hande. 1550 R. Sherry Treat. Schemes & Tropes sig. Cvijv Mycterismus. Subsannatio, a skornyng by some testure [perh. read gesture] of the face, as by wrythinge the nose, putting out the tonge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. ii. 28 Let each take some: Nay put out all your hands. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 120 The Fowler stands before the bird, and if hee put out an arm, the bird stretcheth out a wing. 1728 J. Arbuthnot Acct. State of Learning in Lilliput 16 At that..he put out his Under-Lip. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued IV. xxiii. 213 He did not skate with a stump leg,..but put out a broad foot with which he could have a good flat tread. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 126 When she put out her hand to save a pirn, it perked up in her face in the form of a pistol. 1889 F. M. Crawford Greifenstein I. vii. 203 Putting out his hand to prevent the act. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear ii. ii. 152 Johns put out a weak hand and laid it on the newspapers. 1998 A. Warner Sopranos 201 He put his tongue out and there was a silver stud in the middle towards the tip. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > extend in a certain direction liec1000 shootc1000 drawc1180 stretcha1387 streek1388 bear1556 trend1598 tend1604 take1610 to make out1743 to put out1755 trench1768 make1787 1755 in New Jersey Archives XIX. 532 One Mile from Shrewsbury River, and about three Quarters of a Mile from a good Landing that puts out of said River. 1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer I. 116 A ledge of bald rock to the left yonder..puts out from the ridge. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds 311 Commenced the ascent of the Buckskin, a low range of partially-wooded hills, putting out across the plateau nearly to the Colorado. 1912 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 3 Apr. 6/6 We sailed from St. Pierre and rounded the rocky promintory [sic] that puts out into the sea. 6. transitive. a. To place or set in an accessible, visible, or exposed position, or so as to be available for use. ΚΠ c1390 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 3732 And at the wyndow out she putte [v.r. pitte] hir hole. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 193v (MED) Clanse it & putte it out to þe sunne to dryen for to þe watir be al wastid awey. 1566 in S. Young Ann. Barber-surgeons London (1890) 181 No Barber shall..put out any bason or basons..upon his poule on Sundays or Holy days. 1589 R. Lane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 741 Making a strong corps of garde, and putting out good centinels. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 265 The Cramp..so often kills those [sc. Turkeys] kept in the House, when they are put out in the Dew. 1773 Art of tanning & currying Leather 194 When perched, they [sc. sheepskins] are put out to dry, oiled on the grain,..and brightened. 1790 J. Macdonald Trav. Europe, Asia, & Afr. 194 I opened up my little case with wine, and put it on the table... I put out the travelling-pye, and the gentleman had another. 1831 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) III. 68 Having put out my dresses for my favourite Portia for to-night. 1879 ‘Cavendish’ Card Ess. 69 He put out four cards and took in the stock. 1926 N.Y. Times 30 May xx. 9 In northern Yucatan he found Indians putting out bowls of posole (a drink made of corn) as offerings to the Wind God. 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose iii. xiv. 130 Each night she put out the milk for her hedgehogs. 1990 Sunday Mirror 4 Feb. 28 Rushing round getting ready for an interview I couldn't find the bra I had put out. b. To unfurl, hang out, display (a flag, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [verb (transitive)] > fly or hoist flags, etc. stretchc1400 to put outa1450 show1488 wear1558 to set out1573 to set up1585 to put abroad1625 fly1655 hoist1697 rehoist1765 run1815 a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 1973 Pryd, put out þi penon of raggys and of rowte. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xi. 46 b The port, at the entring wherof were put out all the flags..of our gallies. 1624 G. Carleton Thankfull Remembrance Gods Mercy v. 47 They put out a white flagge and demaunded parley. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 14 When he had put out the Colours of St. Mark, we shewed ours. 1705 Boston News-let. 16 Apr. 2/2 The other Sloop also put out French Colours, & came so near as to Nail Fowles. 1748 J. Campbell Lives Admirals II. iv. 175 Immediately Sir Robert went on board The Fanfan, and put out his Flag. 1863 W. D. Bickham Rosecrans' Campaign with 14th Army Corps xxxii. 347 Some of them prepared to put out a white flag. 1871 Appletons' Jrnl. 22 July 99 From their windows hung the flags of all the European nations. We had seen them put out in the afternoon. 1911 Mansfield (Ohio) News 3 Feb. 1/1 American and other foreign flags were at once put out by the foreign residents. 1944 D. Thomas Let. 27 July (1987) 517 They worshipped dogs there, too, and when a pom was born in one house the woman put out the Union Jack. 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 8 June 42 The next day we drove home and our neighbours had put out bunting in the streets: it was like the Coronation. 7. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 277 His [sc. goottes] galle putteþ oute [L. depellitur] dymnesse of yhen. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 84 (MED) I ordeynede my sone a seruaunt..þat þe inobedience of Adam schulde be putt out. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) ix. 12 Their renown, which seem'd so like to last, Thou dost put out. a1661 T. Fuller Life H. Smith in H. Smith Serm. (1675) sig. A4v Those who..bury their Talents in the ground, putting them out because they will not put them out, extinguishing their Abilities because they will not imploy them. ?1701 W. Hope Addit. Representation to Parl. 3 He had almost put out her Life with his Feet. 1756 M. Calderwood in Scotsman (1884) 13 Dec. 9/6 To see the odds of clergymen in one country from another..entirely puts out bigotry. 1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 180 An odour which put out the former perfume. 1890 Field 24 May 776/3 A sharp left-hander put out Mr. Ellis's chance. b. To extinguish (something burning, or giving off light); to douse; to turn off (an electric light). Also figurative and in figurative contexts.Formerly also: †(of a light) to be so bright as to render (a dimmer light) invisible, to eclipse (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light) aquenchc1000 quenchOE to do outa1425 extinct1483 to put outa1500 out-quencha1522 dout1526 pop1530 extinguish1551 to put forth1598 snuff1688 douse1753 douse1780 smoor1808 to turn out1844 outen1877 to turn off1892 to black out1913 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] aquenchc1000 quenchc1175 sleckc1175 slockena1300 bleschea1325 sleckena1340 sleaka1400 asteyntea1450 stancha1450 mesec1480 slockc1480 extinct1483 redd1487 to put outa1500 out-quencha1522 squench1535 extinguish1551 out1629 smoor1721 douse1842 a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 348 Ofte..the devel putteth out the fire of charitee. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Liiii No wynde ne rayne coude quenche it ne put it out. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 675/1 Rake up the fyre and put out the candell. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxix. xxxi. 732 Unlesse they put out this sparkle of fire betimes,..it will be their chaunce to be caught therewith. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) i. ii. 8 Her nose the candle... Put out your nose good Lady. You burn day-light. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. Ep. Ded. sig. A6v It is your Glory, that you like not so to shine, as to put out the least Star. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 58. ⁋1 All my idle Flames are extinguish'd, as you may observe, ordinary Fires are often put out by the Sunshine. 1757 B. Franklin Poor Richard xxv. 1290 Scarlet, Silk and Velvet, have put out the Kitchen Fire. 1816 B. Waterhouse Jrnl. Young Man Mass. (1911) xii. 381 There was an order that all lights should be put out by eight o'clock at night in every prison. 1889 A. Sergeant Esther Denison i. x A draught from the door put out the candles. 1909 Chatterbox 111/1 Here's the hot-water can..nip with it to the galley before the cook puts his fire out. 1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger xi. 154 Put out your runway lights, except zero-eight. 1992 Rolling Stone 10 Dec. 130/3 It was easier to go and sit in at a lunch counter all day and let a lighted cigarette get put out in your hair. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > writing, etc. deface1340 razea1393 blot1530 to put out1530 delete1540 dispunct1570 obliterate1578 expunct1596 expunge1602 erase1605 dele1612 dispunge1622 retrench1645 liturate1656 excise1663 to scratch out1712 efface1737 extrapolate1831 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 675/1 There was a writynge upon his grave, but the weather hath put it out. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 675/1 Here was a horse properly paynted, but all his heed is put out. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms l[i]. 9 Turne thy face fro my synnes, and put out all my myszdedes. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 103 He sent to the foure Bishops againe, that they should put out that poynt of restitution. 1610 A. Willet Hexapla in Danielem 356 When he portraiteth the picture he putteth out the first lines [= outlines]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obelise,..to make a long stroke in writing, to signifie somewhat to be put out. a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1710) II. 312 The Constantinopolitan Bishops put a patre into the Creed, the Western Churches filioque..; Leo III put it out, and Nicolaus put it in again, and so arose the schism. 1795 Trials High Treason 1794 (ed. 2) 219 The paper is to be read as it is; and, if there are words put out, or words put in, without striking out, the whole of the paper must be read and seen. c1859 in S. M. Schmucker Life & Times George Washington App. ii. 395 In some places..sentences and words put out, and others put in their place. d. British slang. To kill (a person). Cf. to put out of the way at way n.1 and int.1 Phrases 2h(c)(i). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > murder or assassinate [verb (transitive)] amurderOE murderc1175 homicidec1470 murdresc1480 murtrish1490 manquell1548 slaughter1582 massacre1591 assassinate1600 remove1609 assassin1620 to do the business for a person1759 Septembrize1794 croak1823 square1888 shift1898 to take out1900 to bump off1907 bump1914 to do in1914 to put out1917 to knock off1919 terminate1920 to give (a person) the works1929 scrag1930 snuff1932 wash1941 waste1964 wipe1968 to terminate with extreme prejudice1969 neutralize1970 snuff1973 stiff1974 1917 W. Owen Let. 25 Apr. (1967) 452 For twelve days we lay in holes, where at any moment a shell might put us out. 1935 E. Wallace & R. Curtis Mouthpiece xvii. 225 That's the offer the gentleman made—five hundred quid to put you out and keep me mouth shut. 1975 ‘E. Lathen’ By Hook or by Crook xii. 114 The minute his stomach started acting up, he would've been yelling for the cops. He had to be put out fast. 8. a. transitive. To bring into play, to employ, exercise; to exert. Cf. to put forth 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > cause to operate [verb (transitive)] > put in effective operation yieldc1315 underbear1382 to put forthc1390 showa1398 apply?c1400 to put outc1400 exercisec1405 to put toc1410 employ?1473 enforce1490 exerce1535 adhibit?1538 addict1562 endeavour?1575 work1591 address1598 to give stream to?1611 to lay out1651 exsert1665 exert1682 c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. i. 116 (MED) For pride þat he put out, his peyne haþ non ende. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 295 To Putt out voce or strenght, exero. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 147 Pray you put vp your dagger, and put out your wit. View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iii. iv. 23 in Wks. II With purpose, yet, to put him out I hope To his best vse? 1667 Guthrie's Christian's Great Interest (ed. 4) 117 Unless a man..put out faith in Christ Jesus..he cannot be saved. 1755 Guthrie's Trial 167 The spirit of God whose proper work it is to put out the foresaid noble operations. 1856 Titan Mag. July 4/1 I'm not putting out my strength. 1887 H. S. Holland Christ or Eccles. (1888) 96 God..would put out His strength to correct, to righten, to redeem. 1952 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 17 Apr. 16/6 ‘I'm giving it my best shot now,’ he says firmly. ‘I'm putting out every last ounce.’ 1982 A. Tyler Dinner at Homesick Restaurant (1983) iv. 117 Like she can't be bothered putting out the effort. Not a bit of lipstick, and those crayony black lines around her eyes. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 12 Jan. 8/1 To put out minimal effort while coasting to retirement. b. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To exert oneself; to bring effort or energy to bear. ΚΠ 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling 397 Pity hit take a thing like this to make you put out. 1961 Ada (Okla.) Evening News 3 Aug. 7/5 The players have been putting out for him and that's about all that Manager Sam Mele can expect. 1995 Arena Dec. 15/2 The good name of Arena meant that quite a few of us put out for him, and offered ourselves for audiences with the guy. 9. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat shendc893 overwinOE overheaveOE mate?c1225 to say checkmatea1346 vanquishc1366 stightlea1375 outrayc1390 to put undera1393 forbeat1393 to shave (a person's) beardc1412 to put to (also at, unto) the (also one's) worsec1425 adawc1440 supprisec1440 to knock downc1450 to put to the worsta1475 waurc1475 convanquish1483 to put out1485 trima1529 convince1548 foil1548 whip1571 evict1596 superate1598 reduce1605 convict1607 defail1608 cast1610 banga1616 evince1620 worst1646 conquer1655 cuffa1657 trounce1657 to ride down1670 outdo1677 routa1704 lurcha1716 fling1790 bowl1793 lick1800 beat1801 mill1810 to row (someone) up Salt River1828 defeat1830 sack1830 skunk1832 whop1836 pip1838 throw1850 to clean out1858 take1864 wallop1865 to sock it to1877 whack1877 to clean up1888 to beat out1893 to see off1919 to lower the boom on1920 tonk1926 clobber1944 ace1950 to run into the ground1955 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. liij/2 He beyng put out alle fro hys purpose, toke leue of the kyng. b. To cause to lose one's self-possession; to disconcert, discompose; to confuse; to embarrass. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > confuse, bewilder [verb (transitive)] > disconcert blemish1544 blank1548 to put out1598 unsettle1644 disconcert1695 to put off1909 to put (someone) off (his) strokea1914 to bend (a person) out of shape1955 to throw off1978 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 102 Euer and anon they made a doubt, Presence maiesticall would put him out . View more context for this quotation 1653 J. Shirley Sisters ii. 13 I think her impudence will make him blush, And put him out. 1769 I. Bickerstaff & S. Foote Dr. Last i. xiv. 23 They only does this to put me out now, because I'm no collegian. 1820 M. Edgeworth Let. 19 Aug. (1979) 216 They had not expected us..but M. de Staël is remarkably well-bred..and this did not put him out at all. a1849 E. A. Poe Diddling in Wks. (1864) IV. 268 He is never seduced into a flurry. He is never put out. 1886 R. C. Praed Miss Jacobsen's Chance II. xiii. 203 You are so cool and composed, and nothing puts you out. 1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. VI. 173 Stoic and Epicurean philosophers..apparently were not put out by the incongruity between their rotativist conception of the nature of Reality and their ethical aim of Detachment. 1985 R. Carver Fires 176 They weren't embarrassed or put out by any of the activities that went on in our house. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)] letc888 shrenchc897 forstanda1000 amarOE disturbc1290 impeachc1380 stopc1380 withstandc1385 hinder1413 accloy1422 hindc1426 to hold abackc1440 appeachc1460 impeditec1535 inhibit1535 obstacle1538 damp1548 trip1548 embarrass1578 dam1582 to clip the wings ofa1593 unhelp1598 uppen1600 straiten1607 rub1608 impediment1610 impedea1616 to put out1616 to put off1631 scote1642 obstruct1645 incommodiate1650 offend1651 sufflaminate1656 hindrance1664 disassist1671 clog1679 muzzle1706 squeeze1804 to take the wind out of the sails of1822 throttle1825 block1844 overslaugh1853 snag1863 gum1901 slow-walk1965 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > distract [verb (transitive)] fortogglea1300 to call away1529 scatter1530 forhale1579 to draw away1586 diffuse?1587 to call off1606 divert1609 to put out1616 avoke1623 disjoint1628 to take a person out of himself (herself, etc.)1631 to draw off1646 divertise1648 to take off1670 dissipate1684 to turn off1741 to throw out1821 to turn away1848 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > lack of concentration, distraction > distract [verb (transitive)] > from a purpose, etc. withdraw1340 distractc1380 waive1390 wresta1400 to turn aside1535 avocate1543 detract1548 to turn off1573 take1574 swaya1593 to put out1616 to put off1631 sidetrack1887 to turn off1951 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne i. iii, in Wks. I. 536 He will salute..a lady when she is dauncing in a masque, and put her out . View more context for this quotation 1673 W. Wycherley Gentleman Dancing-master iv. i My aunt is here, and she will put me out: you know I cannot dance before her. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. iv. 137 She was playing one of her Father's favourite Tunes..when the Muff fell over her Fingers, and put her out . View more context for this quotation 1771 Trial Atticus before Justice Beau 51 I have stood a long time in astonishment to hear the Lawyer talk, but held my tongue that he might not twit me of putting him out again. 1831 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. in Rec. Girlhood (1878) III. 53 They put us out terribly in one scene by forgetting the bench on which I have to sit down. 1890 Sat. Rev. 9 Aug. 165/1 The bill-brokers..are therefore put out in their calculations. 1910 E. Nesbit Magic City iv. 106 I wish you wouldn't interrupt, Master Philip. You put me out. d. To cause to lose one's equanimity; to distress, upset; (in later use esp.) to annoy, irritate, vex. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > upset or perturb [verb (transitive)] to-wendc893 mingeOE dreveOE angerc1175 sturb?c1225 worec1225 troublec1230 sturble1303 disturbc1305 movea1325 disturblec1330 drubblea1340 drovec1350 distroublec1369 tempestc1374 outsturba1382 unresta1382 stroublec1384 unquietc1384 conturb1393 mismaya1400 unquemea1400 uneasec1400 discomfita1425 smite?a1425 perturbc1425 pertrouble?1435 inquiet1486 toss1526 alter1529 disquiet1530 turmoil1530 perturbate1533 broil1548 mis-set?1553 shake1567 parbruilyiec1586 agitate1587 roil1590 transpose1594 discompose1603 harrow1609 hurry1611 obturb1623 shog1636 untune1638 alarm1649 disorder1655 begruntlea1670 pother1692 disconcert1695 ruffle1701 tempestuate1702 rough1777 caddle1781 to put out1796 upset1805 discomfort1806 start1821 faze1830 bother1832 to put aback1833 to put about1843 raft1844 queer1845 rattle1865 to turn over1865 untranquillize1874 hack1881 rock1881 to shake up1884 to put off1909 to go (also pass) through a phase1913 to weird out1970 the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] gremec893 grillc897 teenOE mispay?c1225 agrillec1275 oftenec1275 tarya1300 tarc1300 atenec1320 enchafec1374 to-tarc1384 stingc1386 chafe?a1400 pokec1400 irec1420 ertc1440 rehete1447 nettlec1450 bog1546 tickle1548 touch1581 urge1593 aggravate1598 irritate1598 dishumour1600 to wind up1602 to pick at ——1603 outhumour1607 vex1625 bloody1633 efferate1653 rankle1659 spleen1689 splenetize1700 rile1724 roil1742 to put out1796 to touch (also get, catch, etc.) (a person) on the raw1823 roughen1837 acerbate1845 to stroke against the hair, the wrong way (of the hair)1846 nag1849 to rub (a person, etc.) up the wrong way1859 frump1862 rattle1865 to set up any one's bristles1873 urticate1873 needle1874 draw1876 to rough up1877 to stick pins into1879 to get on ——1880 to make (someone) tiredc1883 razoo1890 to get under a person's skin1896 to get a person's goat1905 to be on at1907 to get a person's nanny1909 cag1919 to get a person's nanny-goat1928 cagmag1932 peeve1934 tick-off1934 to get on a person's tits1945 to piss off1946 bug1947 to get up a person's nose1951 tee1955 bum1970 tick1975 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. xiv. 542 I can't say but what I'm a little put out, that Indiana should forget poor Mrs. Margland. 1822 C. Lamb Let. 20 Mar. (1935) II. 319 Deaths over-set one and put one out long after the recent grief. 1871 Mrs. H. Wood Dene Hollow III. ii. 24 Sir Dene [was]..thoroughly put out with the ex-captain. 1930 Punch 2 Apr. 376/1 They often began like that when they were rather put out with one another. 1960 B. Crowther Hollywood Rajah xiii. 210 Mayer's associates, even some he thought his closest, were seriously put out with him. 1994 Wedding & Home June 103/1 Apart from being a bit put out because he hadn't whisked me off to a luxury hotel, we just argued the whole week about little things. e. To put (a person) to trouble or inconvenience. Frequently reflexive and in negative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > affect with inconvenience [verb (transitive)] trouble1516 misease1530 incommodatea1575 inconveniencea1656 run1697 incommode1702 disannul1794 disconvenience1821 to put about1825 to put out1851 to jerk around1877 to bugger about1921 to dick around1944 to fuck around1955 to bugger around1961 to screw around1967 to fuck about1975 to cock around1990 to dick about1996 to cock about2009 1851 R. F. Burton Scinde II. xix. 129 The khan did not put himself out to come and meet us. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. xvi. 290 Don't you lose heart because he won't put himself out for you. 1880 J. Payn Confidential Agent I. 154 Stephen..was not the man to ‘put himself out’—that is to say, to make the least sacrifice of independence. 1915 J. Turner Let. 19 Apr. in C. Warren Somewhere in France (2019) 7 My dear little sister..do not, I beg of you, so put yourself out because a fellow goes out of his way to write a glowing acknowledgement of them [sc. deReszke cigarettes]. 1934 L. Charteris Boodle i. 19 I don't want to put you out at all, but it's getting a bit late. 1966 G. Jackson Let. 20 Oct. in Soledad Brother (1971) 101 I wanted to know if I was going to remain here..before I asked you to put yourself out in sending it. 1994 J. Galloway Foreign Parts viii. 124 Cassie put her hands in her pockets and pretended to glare at the frog. I'm putting myself out for you here. 10. transitive. a. (a) To send (one's child) to be nursed by another woman; (more generally) to place (a person, esp. a child) away from home to be cared for, as an apprentice, etc. Frequently with to. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > commit to care or custody of another > specifically a person > away from his or its home to put out1533 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. ix. f. ccxv The fathers and the mothers oftentymes put out theyr chyldren to other folke to nurse. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iv. sig. H3v As some weake breasted dame Giueth her infant, puts it out to nurse. 1676 W. Dugdale Baronage Eng. II. 227 For the placing out of poor Children of the said Parish of St. Giles, to be Apprentices, whereof two to be put out every year—200 l. 1706 Boston News-let. 11 Feb. 2/2 Any person that wants to put out a Child a Nursing on the Breast, may repair unto John Campbell Post-Master of Boston. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Bromsgrove A ch[arity] s[chool]..for teaching, cloathing, and putting out 12 boys apprentices. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lx. 594 The child was put out to nurse a long way off, his mother never saw him. 1869 W. Longman Hist. Edward III I. xix. 343 Their children were often put out to wet nurse with the native Irish. 1913 Times 14 May 10/2 A statute was passed forbidding parents to put out a son or daughter as an apprentice unless they..had 20 shillings a year in land or rent. 1975 M. Hewitt Wives & Mothers in Victorian Industry x. 145 Operatives put out their first child to be nursed while the mother returned to the mill. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Apr. 41/2 Jonno Lynch, a wild outcast lad put out to fosterage, shows him how to steal apples. (b) To send (an animal) out to feed, esp. to graze, or for exercise, etc.; to send (a domestic pet) out of the house, esp. at night.to put out to pasture: see pasture n. 6. to put out to grass: see grass n.1 Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > pasture leasowc950 feed1382 pasturec1400 grassc1500 graze1564 to put out1600 summer1601 impasture1614 depasture1713 run1767 range1816 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [verb (transitive)] > put out dog or cat to put out1917 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxi. 414 There were the labouring beasts put out to grasse & pasture. 1639 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1892) III. 65 Every Swyne that shalbe put out at liberty shalbe well and sufficiently Ringed. ?1715 Gentleman's Compl. Jockey 67 Thus having fitted him for the Field, put him out in a warm, dry day. 1789 G. Campbell tr. Four Gospels II. 313 Having put out his sheep, he walketh before them. 1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. ix. 79 Meaning to remain some time in a certain town to which he came, the Captain had his horse put out to pasture. 1852 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 25 In the morning she [sc. a cow] was put out to grass. 1917 D. F. Canfield Understood Betsy ii. 46 Mother, did you put Shep out? 1925 P. G. Wodehouse Carry on, Jeeves ii. 40 When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night, he just relapses into a state of coma. 1987 Nat. World Winter 16 (caption) Pigs are put out for pannage in the autumn. 2005 R. Tope Cotswold Killing xiv. 195 She didn't think she'd put the dogs out..for a bedtime widdle—but it seemed to her now that she must have done. (c) To plant out (seedlings, etc.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant plants [verb (transitive)] setc725 planteOE impc1420 enroot1490 implant1610 to put in1657 to plant out1664 to put out1699 to stop in1826 to put down1865 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > plant out to put out1699 to plant out1793 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 204 The Orangery, or Winter Conservatory..contains 3000 Cases of greens... They did not think fitting to put them out this Year till the latter end of May. 1851 E. C. Gaskell Let. 7 Apr. (1966) 149 We are sowing very few annuals this year..& relying on putting out the greenhouse things for a summer show. 1892 Field 17 Sept. 442/2 To raise plants from seed, and..[have] a vigorous healthy stock to put out annually. 1942 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 22 168 He..entered the number of thousand of tobacco plants put out. 2001 Org. Gardening Jan. 20/2 If you are going to risk it outdoors, hold off the transplanting until May, then put them out under large cloches. b. To pay out (money) with the expectation of profit; to lend at interest; to invest. In later use also: to expend, spend. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > invest improve1461 occupy1465 to put out1572 vie1598 put1604 stock1683 sink1699 place1700 vest1719 fund1778 embark1832 to put forth1896 1572 T. Wilson Disc. Vsurye f. 90 Suche of the Cleargie, as put out their money for vsurie,..shalbee degraded from all theire degrees of ecclesiasticall office. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 198 No meane Lordes..and Gentlemen in our Court had in like sort put out money upon a horserace. 1690 E. Gee Jesuit's Mem. 230 The said Dowry..is put out to Rent, and assurance given for it. 1734 J. Ward Introd. Math. (ed. 6) ii. xii. 254 What Principal or Sum of Money must be put (or Let) out to Raise a Stock of 385l. 13s. 7½d.? 1781 D. Williams tr. Voltaire Dramatic Wks. II. 248 Employing it to do good is to put it out to the highest interest. 1806 Times 22 Jan. 3/4 The money received has been uniformly put out at interest for the benefit of the fund. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 13 Sept. If the opposing candidate did not have a rich father-in-law, who will put out money freely. 1931 Economist 1 Aug. 210/1 In the total due to foreigners the chief changes were a reduction of $164 millions in foreign funds ‘put out’ in American acceptances. 1950 N. Cassady Let. 7 Nov. (2005) 192 If I stay here..I'll have to now put out $1 a day for another room..so where do I gain? 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. b2/1 No lender can be said to be under pressure to put his money out. 2007 S. Florida Sun-Sentinel (Nexis) 24 Jan. There's no cap on coaches' salaries and Jones won't hesitate to put out the money for the man he wants. c. To arrange for (work) to be done off the premises or ‘out of house’ (by contractors, freelancers, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (transitive)] > set (person) to work > send work off premises to put out1653 farm1666 contract1897 subcontract1898 subbie1983 1653 R. Verney Let. in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Commonwealth (1894) iv. 112 I will keepe but one woeman kind, who must wash my small Linnen (bed & board linnen shall bee put out). 1745 E. Montagu Let. in E. J. Climenson Elizabeth Montagu (1906) I. 225 He is to have..six pounds wages the first year... He is to put out his washing. 1770 A. Young Course Exper. Agric. I. i. i. 188 When men are sought for, they will take advantage of every circumstance; and, besides the imposition which they always practise when new kinds of work is [sic] put out to them, they [etc.]. 1834 New Monthly Mag. 42 117 The farmer has availed himself of the power..to put out, as it is termed, the reaping of his wheat. 1853 Times 5 May 3/5 The work was put out to men residing in villages; if the work was badly done a deduction was made. 1884 I. Banks Sybilla III. 49 Mrs. Price did not put out her washing. 1932 C. K. Rogers Story Two Lives ii. 7 She had put out the work she was engaged to do. 1976 Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa.) 4 May 1/3 Buffone put the work out to anyone and everyone. 1991 Metalworking Production Sept. q7 (caption) In-house calibration of plunger and level dial gauges—better for users than the delay and cost of putting out calibration. 11. a. Nautical. (a) intransitive. To set off from the land; to go out to sea; to set out on a voyage. Cf. sense 9c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > set out on a voyage to go to seac900 to take the seac1275 to go or fere to (the) saila1375 sail1387 to make saila1500 to set sail1513 lance1526 launch1534 to put off1582 to put out?1587 to put forth1604 to come to sail1633 underweigh1891 to take sail1904 ?1587 R. Leng True Descr. Voy. Sir F. Drake (1863) 14 We all put out to sea..: videlicet..the Golden Lyon, vize-admirall; the Dreade-naughte, reare admirall [etc.]. 1598 W. Phillip tr. Descr. Voy. E. Indies 11 We put out with a North wind, the Bay stretching Northeast and Southwest. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 191 If any ship put out, then straight away. View more context for this quotation 1672 C. Manners in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 25 Our Navy puts out again to sea stronger than at first. 1708 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Europe 1707 342 They put out from Plymouth on the 9th, and next day fell in with the Dunkirk and Brest Squadron. 1764 E. Seymour Compl. Hist. Eng. I. 137 The master was ordered immediately to weigh anchor, which he declined, alledging, the hazard of putting out to sea in such squally and boisterous weather. 1848 T. B. Macaulay Armada in Lays Anc. Rome (new ed.) 165 Many a light fishing-bark put out to pry along the coast. 1860 All Year Round 21 July 344 The life-boat can brave storms in which a coast-guard boat or fisher boat could not venture to put out. 1941 N. M. Gunn Silver Darlings iv. 82 From every cottage door within sight, eyes watched the fleet of boats as in the late afternoon they put out to sea. 1994 Chapman No. 77. 76 My grandmother grew up with..the fishing boats putting out and returning. (b) transitive. To launch (a vessel); to send off from land, or from a larger vessel; to take out to sea. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > launch or set afloat [verb (transitive)] > put out a (boat or ship) to put out1621 to put off1639 to set out1694 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania iv. 531 They perceiued a Squire to put out the long Boat and make towards them. 1671 Voy. Spitzbergen i. i. 4 in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) We saw a Whale not far off from our Ship, we put out four Boats from on board after him. 1728 P. Aubin Life & Adventures Young Count Albertus iv. 73 Having made a Fire, they left him, and went to put out their Boat. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 353 The Prince Frederick privateer being the nearest vessel, put out her boats. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. ii. 14 Through the deep brine ye fearless may put out Your vessel. 1864 Times 30 Mar. 9/4 The only thing that could be done was to put out the boats and to obtain assistance from shore. 1919 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 12 Nov. 4/4 There was no single hitch in putting out the boats and abandoning ship. 1986 Today's Guide Apr. 11/2 Small rowing boats..were put out from the large ships. 2005 Yorks. Post (Nexis) 3 Jan. His 22-year-old daughter pleaded with him to put out his boat. b. intransitive. Chiefly U.S. To depart, leave, esp. in haste; to make off; to set out for. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > go away suddenly or hastily fleec825 runOE swervea1225 biwevec1275 skip1338 streekc1380 warpa1400 yerna1400 smoltc1400 stepc1460 to flee (one's) touch?1515 skirr1548 rubc1550 to make awaya1566 lope1575 scuddle1577 scoura1592 to take the start1600 to walk off1604 to break awaya1616 to make off1652 to fly off1667 scuttle1681 whew1684 scamper1687 whistle off1689 brush1699 to buy a brush1699 to take (its, etc.) wing1704 decamp1751 to take (a) French leave1751 morris1765 to rush off1794 to hop the twig1797 to run along1803 scoot1805 to take off1815 speela1818 to cut (also make, take) one's lucky1821 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 absquatulize1829 mosey1829 absquatulate1830 put1834 streak1834 vamoose1834 to put out1835 cut1836 stump it1841 scratch1843 scarper1846 to vamoose the ranch1847 hook1851 shoo1851 slide1859 to cut and run1861 get1861 skedaddle1862 bolt1864 cheese it1866 to do a bunkc1870 to wake snakes1872 bunk1877 nit1882 to pull one's freight1884 fooster1892 to get the (also to) hell out (of)1892 smoke1893 mooch1899 to fly the coop1901 skyhoot1901 shemozzle1902 to light a shuck1905 to beat it1906 pooter1907 to take a run-out powder1909 blow1912 to buzz off1914 to hop it1914 skate1915 beetle1919 scram1928 amscray1931 boogie1940 skidoo1949 bug1950 do a flit1952 to do a scarper1958 to hit, split or take the breeze1959 to do a runner1980 to be (also get, go) ghost1986 1835 Niles' Reg. 22 Aug. 436 Apprehending judge Lynch's law, he put out in a hurry. He was pursued and caught. 1856 G. D. Brewerton War in Kansas 42 We ‘put out’ in search of fire and a shelter. 1919 Outing Mar. 293/1 Then he started, saw us,..and put out for the bush with every indication of panic. 1932 Somerset Year Bk. 47/2 He put out for hooäm so vast as ur could. 1968 Amer. Speech 43 217 He [sc. the trapper] was always..just puttin' out for elsewhere. 12. a. intransitive. Of a leaf, bud, etc.: to sprout, to appear, come out. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth > of bud, etc. to put forth1594 to put out1603 pullulate1618 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 585 What els hath given Poets occasion..to compare it [sc. the life of man] unto the leaves of trees, which put out in the Spring season, fade and fall againe in Autumne. 1696 J. Cockburn Enq. into Nature, Necessity, & Evid. Christian Faith vi. 47 In some [plants] the Flower puts out first, in most others it is last. 1754 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 4) II. at Kiggelaria In the Spring of the Year these Leaves fall off a little before the new Leaves put out. 1823 J. G. Percival Poems (new ed.) 225 The scarlet maple buds put out. 1923 Science 57 Suppl. p. xii/2 Both bloom before the leaves put out. 1972 Ruston (Louisiana) Daily Leader 27 Dec. 5/2 Cut your twig just before the leaves put out in the spring. b. transitive. Of a tree or plant: to send out (a root, bud, leaf, etc.). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth cast1340 burgeon1382 shoot1526 sprit1559 sprout1574 to put forth1592 to cast forth1611 to put out1614 emit1660 push1676 tiller1677 to throw out1733 to throw up1735 tillerate1762 flush1877 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit send971 stretchc1275 casta1300 sheda1325 manda1350 to throw outa1413 yielda1450 devoida1475 render1481 reflair1509 sup out1513 to give out1530 utter1536 spout1568 to give fortha1586 to let fly1590 to put out1614 eject1616 evacuate1622 ejaculate1625 emit1626 fling1637 outsend1647 exert1660 extramit1668 exclude1677 emane1708 extromita1711 evolve1772 emanate1797 discharge1833 exsert1835 to give off1840 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > develop growth or excrescence [verb (transitive)] knot1697 to put out1737 to put forth1740 1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman ii. iii. 62 The smooth, small, long Plants..haue put out hardly any branches. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §653 They forsake their first root, and put out another more towards the top of the earth. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 138 The Trees had not yet put out their Leaves. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xxx. 442 If the Sore seem to put out fungous or spungy Flesh. 1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. 8 The common horse-chestnut will be more than twice the size of the other, and frequently put out shoots below the graft. 1801 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 413 As soon as they have put out the rough leaf, they should be transplanted. 1856 Titan Mag. Aug. 161/2 Roses..too sickly to put out their flowers. 1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden ix. 80 The roses..might put out leaves and buds as the weather got warmer. 1973 K. Lines Greek Legends 42 Without her care the barley could not ripen, nor the flowers bloom, nor the trees put out new leaf in springtime. 2003 Times (Nexis) 21 June (Weekend) 7 The willow hurdles put out shoots, and the whole structure becomes stronger as the willow takes root. c. intransitive. Of a tree or plant: to bud; to blossom; to come into leaf. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth spriteOE wrideOE brodc1175 comea1225 spirec1325 chicka1400 sprouta1400 germin?1440 germ1483 chip?a1500 spurgea1500 to put forth1530 shootc1560 spear1570 stock1574 chit1601 breward1609 pullulate1618 ysproutc1620 egerminate1623 put1623 germinate1626 sprent1647 fruticate1657 stalk1666 tiller1677 breerc1700 fork1707 to put out1731 stool1770 sucker1802 stir1843 push1855 braird1865 fibre1869 flush1877 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Celtis It is none of the earliest Trees in putting out in the Spring of the Year. 1755 T. Hitt Treat. Fruit-trees 82 In some springs trees are more backward in putting out by near a month, than they are in others. 1806 P. Gass Jrnl. 17 June (1807) 227 The grass and plants here are just putting out. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 340 Early in May, the..trees, just putting out amidst the pine woods around the pond, imparted a brightness..to the landscape. 1953 Charleston (W. Virginia) Gaz. 26 Jan. 4/1 The willow is..the first to put out in the spring. 1994 H. F. Mosher Northern Borders v. 130 The maple trees were just putting out and the hills above Lost Nation Hollow were light gold with tiny new leaves. 13. intransitive. slang (originally U.S.). Chiefly of a woman: to offer or consent to sexual intercourse. Also with for. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [verb (intransitive)] > of woman: make herself available to turn up?1616 to put out1928 slut1946 tart1949 lay1955 1928 Our Army Nov. 19/1 Don't them laundry queens put out good enough to suit you? 1961 J. Heller Catch-22 xiii. 131 Aarfy..tried to dissuade them from ever putting out for anyone but their husbands. 1975 D. Lodge Changing Places vi. 232 If she won't put out the men will accuse her of being bourgeois and uptight. 2003 E. Noble Reading Group 205 I can't afford to waste a Saturday night here with some married bird who isn't putting out. 14. transitive. Of a mechanical or electrical device: to produce or generate (a particular level or amount of power). ΚΠ 1943 Science 11 June (Suppl.) 12/2 Pancake diesel engines..put out a horsepower for every four pounds of weight. 1948 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 12 Sept. (Southland Mag.) 14 (advt.) That's the car Mauri Rose won the Indianapolis Race with this year. Puts out 450 horsepower. 1982 N.Y. Rocker Jan. 26/2 It was a 23-knob mixer and an amplifier that was able to put out 1100 watts. 2000 Scootering 5 Mar. 30/1 Their 125 and 180cc..engines would put out the same power as their liquid cooled two-stroke counterparts. < as lemmas |
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