'out' definitions:

Definition of 'out'

From: WordNet
adverb
Away from home; "they went out last night"
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";
adverb
From one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" [syn: away, out]
adjective
Not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [ant: safe(p)]
adjective
Being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out" [syn: extinct, out(p)]
adjective
Not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"
adjective
Out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"
adjective
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]
adjective
Directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"
adjective
No longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"
adjective
Outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull"
adjective
Outer or outlying; "the out islands"
adjective
Knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: knocked out(p), kayoed, KO'd, out(p), stunned]
noun
(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
verb
To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" [syn: come out of the closet, out, come out]
verb
Reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
verb
Be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out" [syn: out, come out]

Definition of 'out'

From: GCIDE
  • Sell \Sell\ (s[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold (s[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s[aum]lja to sell, Dan. s[ae]lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. Sale.]
  • 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. It is the correlative of buy. [1913 Webster]
  • If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. [1913 Webster]
  • You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
  • To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants.
  • To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'out'

From: GCIDE
  • Bowl \Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowling.]
  • 1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. [1913 Webster]
  • Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. [1913 Webster]
  • Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'out'

From: Moby Thesaurus