From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]