Dictionary definition · out
noun
- (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball"you only get 3 outs per inning"
verb
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality"This actor outed last year"
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle"The gay actor was outed last week"
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed"The truth will out"
adjective
- not allowed to continue to bat or run"he was tagged out at second on a close play"
- being out or having grown cold"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"
- not worth considering as a possibility"a picnic is out because of the weather"
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election"now the Democrats are out"
- excluded from use or mention"forbidden fruit"
adverb
- 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"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).