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Meaning of out

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  out
      adv 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" [syn: {away}, {out}]
      adj 1: not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out
             at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [ant:
             {safe(p)}]
      2: being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette
         into the stream"; "the fire is out" [syn: {extinct},
         {out(p)}]
      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"
         [syn: {forbidden}, {out(p)}, {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 [syn: {knocked out(p)},
          {kayoed}, {KO'd}, {out(p)}, {stunned}]
      n 1: (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base
           safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
      v 1: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This
           actor outed last year" [syn: {come out of the closet},
           {out}, {come out}]
      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"
         [syn: {out}, {come out}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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