Adverb: out awt
- Away from home
"they went out last night"
- Moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
"the cat came out from under the bed"
- From one's possession
"he gave out money to the poor";
- away
- Outside or external
"the out surface of a ship's hull"
- Outer or outlying
"the out islands"
- Directed outward or serving to direct something outward
"the out doorway"; "the out basket"
- Excluded from use or mention
"in our house dancing and playing cards were out";
- forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu [archaic], verboten
- No longer fashionable
"that style is out these days"
- Not worth considering as a possibility
"a picnic is out because of the weather"
- Not holding power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
"now the Democrats are out"
- Not lit, or having grown cold
"the fire is out";
- extinct
- Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
"The boxer lay knocked out on the canvas";
- knocked out, kayoed, KO'd, stunned
- (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run
"he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
- Publicly available
"his new album is now out"
- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
"you only get 3 outs per inning"
- Be made known; be disclosed or revealed
"The truth will out";
- come out
- Reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
"The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
- To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
"This actor outed last year";
- come out of the closet [informal], come out
Derived forms: outing, outs, outed
See also: daggy [Austral, NZ, informal], dead, down, exterior, impermissible, impossible, outer, outgoing, unconscious, unfashionable, unstylish, unsuccessful
Type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, emerge, expose, failure, give away, lay bare, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
Antonym: safe
Encyclopedia: Out, Out—