out
out is a 3-letter English word with 32 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, interjection, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.
- adjective. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
- adjective. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.
- adjective. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out.
- adjective. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
- adjective. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.
- adjective. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
- noun. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.
- noun. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.
- noun. A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
- transitive verb. To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.
- transitive verb. To come out with; to make known.
- transitive verb. To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
- intransitive verb. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
- interjection. Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.
- noun. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
"you only get 3 outs per inning"
- verb. be made known; be disclosed or revealed
"The truth will out"
- verb. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
"The gay actor was outed last week"
"Someone outed a CIA agent"
- verb. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
"This actor outed last year"
- adjective. being out or having grown cold
"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"
"the fire is out"
- adjective. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
- adjective. outer or outlying
"the out islands"
- adjective. outside or external
"the out surface of a ship's hull"
- adjective. no longer fashionable
"that style is out these days"
- adjective. directed outward or serving to direct something outward
"the out doorway"
"the out basket"
- adjective. excluded from use or mention
"forbidden fruit"
"in our house dancing and playing cards were out"
- adjective. not worth considering as a possibility
"a picnic is out because of the weather"
- adjective. not allowed to continue to bat or run
"he was tagged out at second on a close play"
"he fanned out"
- adjective. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
"now the Democrats are out"
- adverb. away from home
"they went out last night"
- adverb. from one's possession
"he gave out money to the poor"
"gave away the tickets"
- adverb. moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
"the cat came out from under the bed"
Synonyms
extinct, kayoed, kod, stunned, forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten, away
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in out:
Common word forms
outs, outed, outen, outer, outly, outing, outness
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