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}]
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 to get on 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: reveal somebody else's homosexuality; "This actor was outed
last week"
2: be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will
out" [syn: {come out}]