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out

adjective

not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
Synonyms: retired Antonyms: safe Similar: down
of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
Synonyms: extinct Similar: dead
not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"
Similar: impossible
out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"
Similar: unsuccessful
excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
Synonyms: forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten Similar: impermissible
directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"
Similar: outgoing
no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"
Similar: unfashionable, unstylish
outside or external; "the out surface of a ship''s hull"
Similar: exterior
outer or outlying; "the out islands"
Similar: outer
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
Synonyms: kayoed, knocked out, KO'd, stunned Similar: unconscious

noun

(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

adverb

outside of an enclosed space; "she is out"
Antonyms: in
outward from a reference point; "he kicked his legs out"
away from home; "they went out last night"
from one''s possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
Synonyms: away

verb

to state openly and publicly one''s homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"
Synonyms: come out, come out of the closet
reveal somebody else''s homosexuality; "This actor was outed last week"
be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"
Synonyms: come out