out

  • (a) not allowed to continue to bat or run
    • he was tagged out at second on a close play
    • he fanned out
  • (r) away from home
    • they went out last night
  • (s) being out or having grown cold
    • threw his extinct cigarette into the stream
    • the fire is out
    extinct,
  • (r) moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
    • the cat came out from under the bed";
  • (s) not worth considering as a possibility
    • a picnic is out because of the weather
  • (r) from one's possession
    • he gave out money to the poor
    • gave away the tickets
    away,
  • (s) out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
    • now the Democrats are out
  • (s) excluded from use or mention
    • forbidden fruit
    • in our house dancing and playing cards were out
    • a taboo subject
    forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, verboten, tabu,
  • (s) directed outward or serving to direct something outward
    • the out doorway
    • the out basket
  • (s) no longer fashionable
    • that style is out these days
  • (s) outside or external
    • the out surface of a ship's hull
  • (s) outer or outlying
    • the out islands
  • (s) knocked unconscious by a heavy blow kayoed, knocked out, KO'd, stunned,

Nouns

  • (n) (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
    • you only get 3 outs per inning

Verbs

  • (v) to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
    • This actor outed last year
    come out of the closet, come out,
  • (v) reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
    • The gay actor was outed last week
    • Someone outed a CIA agent
  • (v) be made known; be disclosed or revealed
    • The truth will out
    come out,

Synonyms

come out of the closet come out extinct away forbidden prohibited proscribed taboo verboten tabu kayoed knocked out KO'd stunned

Antonyms

safe

Words of close approximity

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