Definitions for out

Definitions for (noun) out

Main entry: out

Definition: (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball

Usage: you only get 3 outs per inning


Definitions for (verb) out

Main entry: come out, out

Definition: be made known; be disclosed or revealed

Usage: The truth will out


Main entry: out

Definition: reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle

Usage: The gay actor was outed last week; Someone outed a CIA agent


Main entry: out, come out, come out of the closet

Definition: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

Usage: This actor outed last year


Definitions for (adj) out

Main entry: extinct, out

Definition: being out or having grown cold

Usage: threw his extinct cigarette into the stream; the fire is out


Main entry: stunned, out, kayoed, knocked out, KO'd

Definition: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow


Main entry: out

Definition: outer or outlying

Usage: the out islands


Main entry: out

Definition: outside or external

Usage: the out surface of a ship's hull


Main entry: out

Definition: no longer fashionable

Usage: that style is out these days


Main entry: out

Definition: directed outward or serving to direct something outward

Usage: the out doorway; the out basket


Main entry: out, prohibited, proscribed, verboten, forbidden, taboo, tabu

Definition: excluded from use or mention

Usage: forbidden fruit; in our house dancing and playing cards were out; a taboo subject


Main entry: out

Definition: not worth considering as a possibility

Usage: a picnic is out because of the weather


Main entry: out

Definition: not allowed to continue to bat or run

Usage: he was tagged out at second on a close play; he fanned out


Main entry: out

Definition: out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

Usage: now the Democrats are out


Definitions for (adv) out

Main entry: out

Definition: away from home

Usage: they went out last night


Main entry: away, out

Definition: from one's possession

Usage: he gave out money to the poor; gave away the tickets


Main entry: out

Definition: moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden

Usage: the cat came out from under the bed;


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