out (
http://definr.com/out)
adj 1: not in; or in or into the open; "has been out all day"; "out
to lunch"; "the sun is out" [syn:
out(p)] [ant:
in(p)]
2: (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was
tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
[syn:
out(p),
retired] [ant:
safe(p)]
3: of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his
extinct cigarette into the stream"; "faint smoke from the
extinguished candle"; "the fire is out"; "the quenched
flames" [syn:
extinct,
extinguished,
out(p),
quenched]
4: not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out
because of the weather" [syn:
out(p)]
5: out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an
election; "now the Democrats are out" [syn:
out(a)]
6: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our
house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo
subject" [syn:
forbidden,
out(p),
prohibited,
proscribed,
taboo,
tabu,
verboten]
7: directed outward or serving to direct something outward;
"the out doorway"; "the out basket" [syn:
out(a)]
8: no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"
9: outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull"
[syn:
out(a)]
10: outer or outlying; "the out islands"
11: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn:
knocked out(p),
kayoed,
KO'd,
out(p),
stunned]
n : a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in
baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
adv 1: outside of an enclosed space; "she is out" [ant:
in]
2: outward from a reference point; "he kicked his legs out"
3: away from home; "they went out last night"
4: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor";
"gave away the tickets" [syn:
away]
v 1: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This
actor outed last year" [syn:
come out of the closet, {come
out}]
2: reveal somebody else's homosexuality; "This actor was outed
last week"
3: be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will
out" [syn:
come out]