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out is an adjective, verb, adverb and noun meaning "not allowed to continue to bat or run". It carries 17 recorded senses.
being out or having grown cold
βthrew his extinct cigarette into the streamβ
βthe fire is outβ
out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
βnow the Democrats are outβ
excluded from use or mention
βforbidden fruitβ
βin our house dancing and playing cards were outβ
βa taboo subjectβ
directed outward or serving to direct something outward
βthe out doorwayβ
βthe out basketβ
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
βThis actor outed last yearβ
reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
βThe gay actor was outed last weekβ
βSomeone outed a CIA agentβ
away from home
βthey went out last nightβ
moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
βthe cat came out from under the bedβ
Forms marked Β· are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not β but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for out come from Princeton Universityβs WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.