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 Definition of: Out 

out adj
1: not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [syn: out(p), retired] [ant: safe(p)]
2: of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out" [syn: extinct, out(p)]
3: not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather" [syn: out(p)]
4: out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out" [syn: out(a)]
5: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]
6: directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket" [syn: out(a)]
7: no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"
8: outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull" [syn: out(a)]
9: outer or outlying; "the out islands"
10: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: knocked out(p), kayoed, KO'd, out(p), stunned] n : (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning" ad
out
(verb)
1: outside of an enclosed space; "she is out" [ant: in]
2: outward from a reference point; "he kicked his legs out"
3: away from home; "they went out last night"
4: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: away]
out
(verb)
1: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" [syn: come out of the closet, [[come out]]]
2: reveal somebody else's homosexuality; "This actor was outed last week"
3: be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out" [syn: come out]

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