Meaning & Definition of Out in English

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

• "You only get 3 outs per inning"

1. To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

• "This actor outed last year"

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"

1. Not allowed to continue to bat or run

• "He was tagged out at second on a close play"

• "He fanned out"

2. Being out or having grown cold

• "Threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"

• "The fire is out"

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"

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

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"