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
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not allowed to continue to bat or run
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being out or having grown cold
adj -
not worth considering as a possibility
adj -
out of power
adj -
excluded from use or mention
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directed outward or serving to direct something outward
adj -
no longer fashionable
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outside or external
adj -
outer or outlying
adj -
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
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away from home
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moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
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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