out

Definitions of out in various dictionaries:

noun - (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball

verb - to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

verb - reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle

verb - be made known

adj - not allowed to continue to bat or run

adj - being out or having grown cold

adj - not worth considering as a possibility

adj - out of power

adj - excluded from use or mention

adj - directed outward or serving to direct something outward

adj - no longer fashionable

adj - outside or external

adj - outer or outlying

adj - knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

adv - away from home

adv - moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden

adv - from one's possession

In a direction away from the inside: go out of the office.

Away from the center or middle: The troops fanned out.

Away from a usual place: stepped out for a drink of water; went out for the evening.

Out of normal position: threw his back out.

From inside a building or shelter into the open air; outside: The boy went out to play.

In the open air; outside: Is it snowing out? 5.

From within a container or source: drained the water out.

From among others: picked out the thief in the crowd.

To exhaustion or depletion: The supplies have run out.

Into extinction or imperceptibility: The fire has gone out.

To a finish or conclusion: Play the game out.

To the fullest extent or degree: all decked out for the dance.

In or into competition or directed effort: went out for the basketball team; was out to win.

Into being or evident existence: The new car models have come out.

Into public circulation: The paper came out early today.

Into view: The moon came out.

Without inhibition; boldly: Speak out.

Into possession of another or others; into distribution: giving out free passes.

Into disuse or an unfashionable status: Narrow ties have gone out.

Into a state of deprivation or loss: voted the incompetent governor out.

Out of consideration: A taxi is out, because we haven’t the money.

In the time following; afterward: “to gauge economic conditions six months out” (Christian Science Monitor).

So as to be retired, or counted as an out: He grounded out to the shortstop.

Used in twoway radio to indicate that a transmission is complete and no reply is expected.

Exterior; external: the out surface of a ship’s hull.

Directed away from a place or center; outgoing: the out doorway.

No longer fashionable.

Not allowed to continue to bat or run; retired.

Forth from; through: He fell out the window.

Beyond or outside of: Out this door is the garage.

One that is out, especially one who is out of power.

A means of escape: The window was my only out.

O Baseball.

A play in which a batter or base runner is retired.

The player retired in such a play.

A serve or return that falls out of bounds in a court game.

A word or other part of a manuscript omitted from the printed copy.

To send (a tennis ball, for example) outside the court or playing area.

To knock unconscious.

verb - to be revealed