out
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
- you only get 3 outs per inning
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
failure
• Hyponyms:
putout, strikeout
1. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
- This actor outed last year
• Syn:
come out of the closet, come out
• Hypernyms:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- The gay actor was outed last week
- Someone outed a CIA agent
• Hypernyms:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. be made known;
be disclosed or revealed
- The truth will out
• Syn:
come out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
1. not allowed to continue to bat or run (Freq. 3)
- he was tagged out at second on a close play
- he fanned out
• Ant:
safe
• Similar to:
down
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
2. being out or having grown cold (Freq. 2)
- threw his extinct cigarette into the stream
- the fire is out
• Syn:
extinct
• Similar to:
dead
3. not worth considering as a possibility (Freq. 1)
- a picnic is out because of the weather
• Similar to:
impossible
4. out of power;
especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- now the Democrats are out
• Similar to:
unsuccessful
5. excluded from use or mention
- forbidden fruit
- in our house dancing and playing cards were out
- a taboo subject
• Syn:
forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
• Similar to:
impermissible
6. directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- the out doorway
- the out basket
• Similar to:
outgoing
7. no longer fashionable
- that style is out these days
• Similar to:
unfashionable, unstylish
8. outside or external
- the out surface of a ship's hull
• Similar to:
exterior
9. outer or outlying
- the out islands
• Similar to:
outer
10. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
• Syn:
knocked out, kayoed, KO'd, stunned
• Similar to:
unconscious
1. away from home (Freq. 5)
- 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
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