Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
out (adverb)1.
a) (1) in a direction away from the inside or center - went out into the garden
(2) - outside it's raining out
b) from among others
c) away from the shore
d) away from home or work - out to lunch
e) away from a particular place
2.
a) so as to be missing or displaced from the usual or proper place - left a word out threw his shoulder out
b) into the possession or control of another - lend out money
c) into a state of loss or defeat - was voted out
d) into a state of vexation - they do not mark me, and that brings me out Shakespeare
e) into groups or shares - sorted out her notes parceled out the farm
3.
a) to the point of depletion, extinction, or exhaustion - the food ran out turn the light out all tuckered out
b) to completion or satisfaction - hear me out work the problem out
c) to the full or a great extent or degree - all decked out stretched out on the floor
4.
a) in or into the open - the sun came out
b) - out loud cried out
c) in or into public circulation - the evening paper isn't out yet hand out pamphlets the library book is still out
5.
a) at an end - before the day is out
b) in or into an insensible or unconscious state - she was out cold
c) in or into a useless state - landed the plane with one engine out
d) so as to end the offensive turn of another player, a side, or oneself in baseball - threw him out fly out
6.
- used on a two-way radio circuit to indicate that a message is complete and no reply is expected
transitive verb
1.
- eject oust
2.
intransitive verb
to identify publicly as being such secretly - wanted to out pot smokers , especially to identify as being a closet homosexual to become publicly known - the truth will out
- used as a function word to indicate an outward movement ran out the door looked out the window
1.
a) situated outside - external
b) - out-of-bounds
2.
situated at a distance - outlying the out islands
3.
not being in power
4.
- absent
5.
removed by the defense from play as a batter or base runner in a baseball inning - two men out
6.
directed outward or serving to direct something outward - the out basket
7.
not being in vogue or fashion
8.
not to be considered out of the question
9.
- determined was out to get revenge
10.
engaged in or attempting a particular activity - won on his first time out
11.
publicly known or identified as a homosexual
1.
- outside
2.
one who is out of office or power or on the outside - a matter of outs versus ins
3.
a) an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball
b) a player that is put out
4.
a way of escaping from an embarrassing or difficult situation
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
out (adjective)1.
fully committed to achieving a goal
SYNONIMS:
bent (on upon), bound, decisive, do-or-die, firm, hell-bent (on upon), intent, out, purposeful, resolute, resolved, set, single-mindedRELATED WORDS:
bitter, vehement; certain, cocksure, confident, positive, sure; earnest, serious; steady, unfaltering, unhesitating, unswerving, unwavering; adamant, adamantine, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful ( wilful)NEAR ANTONYMS:
distrustful, doubtful, dubious, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unsettled, unsure; disinclined, indisposed, loath ( loth loathe), reluctant2.
not at a certain place
SYNONIMS:
away, missing, outRELATED WORDS:
AWOL, truant; departed, gone, retired; abroad, vacationingNEAR ANTONYMS:
accompanying, attending, participating1.
in or into the open air
SYNONIMS:
alfresco, out, outsideRELATED WORDS:
withoutNEAR ANTONYMS:
in, inside, within2.
with one's normal voice speaking the words
SYNONIMS:
audibly, out, out loudRELATED WORDS:
verbally, vocally; clearly, discernibly, distinctly, distinguishably, perceptibly, plainly; blatantly, bloody murder, boisterously, clamorously, loudly, lustily, mightily, noisily, resonantly, resoundingly, stridently, thunderously, uproariously, vociferouslyNEAR ANTONYMS:
faintly, feebly, low, noiselessly, quietly, softly3.
to a full extent or degree
SYNONIMS:
all, all of, all over, altogether, clean, completely, dead, enough, entire, entirely, even, exactly, fast, flat, full, heartily, out, perfectly, plumb, quite, soundly, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, well, wholly, wideRELATED WORDS:
absolutely, categorically, cold, downright, hands down, plain, stone, stone-cold, unqualifiedly; basically, by and large, chiefly, generally, largely, mainly, more or less, mostly, overall, predominantly, predominately, primarily, principally, substantially; abundantly, copiously, generously, greatlyNEAR ANTONYMS:
barely, hardly, just, kind of, marginally, minimally, scarcely, slightly, superficially; approximately, roughly, somewhat4.
from this or that place
SYNONIMS:
down, fro, hence, off, outRELATED WORDS:
apart, aside, elsewhere; abroad, afar, afield, astraythe act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable
SYNONIMS:
avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunningRELATED WORDS:
bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting; averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, preventionNEAR ANTONYMS:
abidance, endurance, submission, toleration1.
to become known
SYNONIMS:
break, circulate, come out, get about, get around, get round, leak (out), out, spreadRELATED WORDS:
develop, transpire, unfold; disclose, reveal, spill, tellNEAR ANTONYMS:
hush (up), suppress; conceal, disguise, hide, mask; secrete2.
to drive or force out
SYNONIMS:
banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out), turn outRELATED WORDS:
deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out; ax ( axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminateNEAR ANTONYMS:
accept, admit, receive, take, take in; welcome; entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter