out
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition)
adjective
1. (sports) not allowed to continue to bat or run.
- he was tagged out at second on a close play
- he fanned out
Similar word(s): down
2. being out or having grown cold
- the fire is out
Similar word(s): dead, extinct
3. not worth considering as a possibility
- a picnic is out because of the weather
Similar word(s): impossible
4. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- now the Democrats are out
Similar word(s): unsuccessful
5. excluded from use or mention
- in our house dancing and playing cards were out
Similar word(s): impermissible, forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
6. directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- the out doorway
- the out basket
Similar word(s): outgoing
7. no longer fashionable
- that style is out these days
Similar word(s): unfashionable, unstylish
8. outside or external
- the out surface of a ship's hull
Similar word(s): exterior
9. outer or outlying
- the out islands
Similar word(s): outer
10. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
Similar word(s): unconscious, kayoed, stunned
Sentences with out as an adjective:
- Did you hear? Their newest CD is out!
- It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
adverb
1. away from home
- they went out last night
2. moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
- the cat came out from under the bed
3. from one's possession
- he gave out money to the poor
Similar word(s): away
Sentences with out as an adverb:
- Let's eat out tonight
- Leave a message with my secretary if I'm out when you call.
- The moon is out.
- The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow.
- Keep out!
- The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
- Switch the lights out.
- Put the fire out.
- I hadn't finished. Hear me out.
- The place was all decked out for the holidays.
noun
1. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- you only get 3 outs per inning
Definition categories: act, failure
Sentences with out as a noun:
- They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
preposition
1. Away from the inside.
- He threw it out the door.
2. (colloquial) outside
- It's raining out.
- It's cold out.
verb
1. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
- This actor outed last year
Definition categories: communication, break, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, reveal, uncover, unwrap
2. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- The gay actor was outed last week
- Someone outed a CIA agent
Definition categories: communication, break, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, reveal, uncover, unwrap
3. be made known; be disclosed or revealed
- The truth will out
Definition categories: communication
Sentences with out as a verb:
- A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.