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out in WordNet English dictionary

adverb
  1. from one's possession
    "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
    away  out  away  out 
  2. away from home
    "they went out last night"
    out  out 
  3. moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
    "the cat came out from under the bed";
    out  out 
verb
  1. be made known; be disclosed or revealed
    "The truth will out"
    out  come out 
  2. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
    "This actor outed last year"
    come out of the closet  out  come out 
  3. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
    "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
    out 
adjective
  1. being out or having grown cold
    "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
    extinct  out 
  2. excluded from use or mention
    "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
    forbidden  out  prohibited  proscribed  taboo  tabu  verboten 
  3. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
    knocked out  kayoed  KO'd  out  stunned 
  4. not allowed to continue to bat or run
    "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
    out 
  5. outside or external
    "the out surface of a ship's hull"
    out 
  6. not worth considering as a possibility
    "a picnic is out because of the weather"
    out 
  7. outer or outlying
    "the out islands"
    out 
  8. directed outward or serving to direct something outward
    "the out doorway"; "the out basket"
    out 
  9. no longer fashionable
    "that style is out these days"
    out 
  10. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
    "now the Democrats are out"
    out 
noun
  1. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
    "you only get 3 outs per inning"
    out 
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