to outen
- verb
- Archaic
:
apagar
- The firefighters quickly outen the flames with water.
Examples
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That will do much to put out the flame......
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Please outen the lights when you leave the room to save energy.
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But eventually we'll put it out OK, output per work.
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Oh no, just put it out of its misery, Mark.
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This will work, so let's get these dug up and put out in the South garden.
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But if the thing can't put out full time, it it like it doesn't.
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She used a blanket to outen the small campfire before leaving the site.
Synonyms
114
2.0
Make a fire, light, or cigarette stop burning
50
2.4
Stop a flame by breathing on it
31
5.7
To put out a small flame by covering or pinching it
23
4.4
Stop a fire, candle, or other light from burning
20
5.1
To stop a fire or light from burning
11
5.3
To stop a small fire by covering it so it has no air
6
4.7
Stop a flame, candle, or small fire from burning
5
2.5
Stop a fire burning and spreading
3
5.3
To press the burning end of a cigarette against a surface to put it out
1
4.0
To press a small burning thing so it stops burning, for example a cigarette
To stop something burning by crushing it
Antonyms
How Extinguished
Surface Forms
Morphology
outen = out (semi-transparent) = out + en
The word is built from the familiar element 'out' plus the verbal suffix '-en', but the extinguish sense is somewhat lexicalized and not fully predictable for all learners.
Etymology
Outen comes from the simple word out plus the verb ending -en, so it literally means to 'make' something go 'out', as when you 'put out' a candle or a fire. That's why outen means to put out or extinguish a light or flame.