out [ auts ]

• n. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball

  "you only get 3 outs per inning"

• v.
  • to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

    "This actor outed last year"

    同义词： come out of the closet come out

  • reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle

    "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"

  • be made known; be disclosed or revealed

    "The truth will out"

    同义词： come out

• adj.
  • not allowed to continue to bat or run

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

    同义词： retired

  • being out or having grown cold

    "the fire is out"

    同义词： extinct

  • not worth considering as a possibility

    "a picnic is out because of the weather"

  • out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election

    "now the Democrats are out"

  • excluded from use or mention

    "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"

    同义词： forbidden prohibited proscribed taboo tabu verboten

  • directed outward or serving to direct something outward

    "the out doorway"; "the out basket"

  • no longer fashionable

    "that style is out these days"

  • outside or external

    "the out surface of a ship's hull"

  • outer or outlying

    "the out islands"

  • knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

    同义词： knocked out(p) kayoed KO'd stunned

• adv.
  • away from home

    "they went out last night"

  • from one's possession

    "he gave out money to the poor"

    同义词： away

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