out has definitions from the fields of sexuality,baseball
1
[ pronoun ] preposition, in or towards the exterior
2
[ adverb ] outside of an enclosed space

Examples

"she is out"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

In the Blue_Ridge meeting , the audience was warned that entering a candidate for governor would force it to take petitions out into voting_precincts to obtain the signatures of registered voters .

(The New York Times,...)

Their secondary hero is another pro , Willie_Chisholm , who drank his lunch during another Open and tried to blast his way out of a rock strewn gully .

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

Lacking the respected and effective institutions that consensus helps provide , minority parties , such_as the P.D.I. in 1957 and the progressive Istiqlal faction in 1958 , clamor for elections when out of power , but are not at_all certain they wish_to be controlled by popular choice when in power .

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

Out of_this re-created literalness , the Cubist subject reemerged .

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

He put his his head out .

Related terms

in

3
[ adverb ] outward from a reference point

Examples

"he kicked his legs out"

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

U._S._Rubber_Company , New_York , passes out a form itemizing the value of benefits .

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

In six months O_'_Banion had boosted the profits to $ 100000 a month - mainly by bringing pressure to bear on fifty Chicago speak-easy proprietors to shift out to the suburb .

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

At Hilo large_numbers of people ran out to inspect the amazing spectacle of the denuded beach .

(Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)

Garth brought one out .

(Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)

If Mahzeer was alone with the prime_minister he could be arranging his execution while Hoag stood out here shivering in the darkening street .

4
[ adjective ] not in; or in or into the open

Examples

"has been out all day" "out to lunch" "the sun is out"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

One can assume that some of the brightest boys are out of town .

The girls are prone to dress far more flamboyantly than their counterparts out of town , and eye_shadow , mascara , and elaborate bouffant hairdos - despite the admonitions of cautious guidance personnel - are not unknown even in early morning classes .

(Doris Miles Disney, Mrs. Meeker's Money....)

Mr._Hohlbein was out for the day , but Mr._Garth would be free at one-thirty .

(Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)

The two little bangs meant that he was getting impatient to have a crowd of customers waited on and that if he had to he would jerk open the door and drag out , by the opposite door_handle which she would be clutching , whichever-the-hell clerk it was who thought she could waste so_much store time on the pot .

(Jay Williams, The Forger....)

After a short time , both George and Donald joined the class with me so they would n't feel lonely , and we used_to hang a sign on the door of the Brush-off reading `` out to work '' .

Related terms

in away

5
[ adverb ] away from home

Examples

"they went out last night"

Used in print

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

He got no relief from drink because , though sometimes Precious would buy himself a drink if he went out with us in the evening , he 'd leave it on the table untouched .

(John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)

As a result , he was persuaded out to dinner .

But he was always persuaded out .

6
[ adjective ] (baseball) not allowed to continue to bat or run

Synonyms

retired

Examples

"he was tagged out at second on a close play" "he fanned out"

Used in print

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

The Flock added a pair of tallies in the third on three straight hits after two were out .

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Billy_Gardner 's line_double , which just eluded the diving Minnie_Minoso in left_field , drove_in Jim_Lemon with the winning run with two out in the last of the ninth to give the Minnesota_Twins a 6 - 5 victory over the Chicago_White_Sox Monday .

Momentarily the Reds were back in the ball_game , trailing only 6 - 3 , but the drive fizzled when John_Edwards fouled_out with men on second and third and two out .

Related terms

safe baseball down

7
[ adjective ] of a fire; being out or having grown cold

Examples

"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream" "faint smoke from the extinguished candle" "the fire is out" "the quenched flames"

Used in print

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

And make_sure it 's out when you leave in the morning '' .

Be sure it 's out when you leave .

Related terms

dead

8
[ adjective ] not worth considering as a possibility

Examples

"a picnic is out because of the weather"

Used in print

(Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)

He walked rapidly along the buildings scanning their facades : one was a club - that was out ; two others he ruled_out because all their windows were lighted .

Related terms

impossible

9
[ adverb ] from one's possession

Synonyms

away

Examples

"he gave out money to the poor" "gave away the tickets"

10
[ adjective ] no longer fashionable

Examples

"that style is out these days"

Related terms

unfashionable

11
[ adjective ] directed outward or serving to direct something outward

Examples

"the out doorway" "the out basket"

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outgoing

12
[ adjective ] excluded from use or mention

Examples

"forbidden fruit" "in our house dancing and playing cards were out" "a taboo subject"

Related terms

impermissible

13
[ adjective ] knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

Related terms

unconscious

14
[ verb ] be made known; be disclosed or revealed

Synonyms

come_out

Examples

"The truth will out"

15
[ adjective ] outer or outlying

Examples

"the out islands"

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outer

16
[ adjective ] out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

Examples

"now the Democrats are out"

Related terms

unsuccessful

17
[ adjective ] outside or external

Examples

"the out surface of a ship's hull"

Related terms

exterior

18
[ verb ] (sexuality) to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

Examples

"This actor outed last year"

Related terms

disclose

19
[ adjective ] excluded from use or mention

Examples

"forbidden fruit" "in our house dancing and playing cards were out" "a taboo subject"

Related terms

impermissible

20
[ verb ] (sexuality) reveal somebody else's homosexuality

Examples

"This actor was outed last week"

Related terms

disclose

21
[ noun ] (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball

Examples

"you only get 3 outs per inning"

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