out meaning and definition

OUT noun

Definition of out (noun)

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

OUT verb

Definition of out (verb)

1. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
   • "This actor outed last year"
   • synonyms: come out, come out of the closet
2. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
   • "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
3. be made known; be disclosed or revealed
   • "The truth will out"
   • synonyms: come out

OUT adjective

Definition of out (adjective)

1. not allowed to continue to bat or run
   • "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
   • antonym: safe
2. being out or having grown cold
   • "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
   • synonyms: extinct
3. not worth considering as a possibility
   • "a picnic is out because of the weather"
4. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
   • "now the Democrats are out"
5. 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
6. directed outward or serving to direct something outward
   • "the out doorway"; "the out basket"
7. no longer fashionable
   • "that style is out these days"
8. outside or external
   • "the out surface of a ship's hull"
9. outer or outlying
   • "the out islands"
10. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
    • synonyms: kayoed, knocked out, KO'd, stunned

OUT adverb

Definition of out (adverb)

1. away from home
   • "they went out last night"
2. moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
   • "the cat came out from under the bed";
3. from one's possession
   • "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"
   • synonyms: away