out

1. adverb /aʊt,ʌʊt/

a) Away from home or ones usual place, or not indoors.

Lets eat out tonight

b) Away from; at a distance.

Leave a message with my secretary if Im out when you call.

Syn: away

Ant: in

2. preposition /aʊt,ʌʊt/

a) Away from the inside.

He threw it out the door.

b) Away from the center.

Syn: through, out of, out on

Ant: in, into

3. noun /aʊt,ʌʊt/

a) A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.

b) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.

4. verb /aʊt,ʌʊt/

a) To reveal (a person) to be secretly homosexual.

b) To reveal (a person) as having a certain secret.

5. adjective /aʊt,ʌʊt/

a) Of a batter or batsman, having caused an out called on himself while batting under various rules of the game.

b) Openly acknowledging ones homosexuality.

Syn: openly, gay

Ant: in, safe, closeted

See Also: all out, eat out, far out, go out, on the outs, out-, outen, out of, outer, outback, outing, outness, outta, outward, outwards, outworn, put out, run out, way out