adjectives
not allowed to continue to bat or run
"he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"
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being put out by a strikeout
"two down in the bottom of the ninth"
domain category
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
being out or having grown cold
"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"
not worth considering as a possibility
"a picnic is out because of the weather"
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not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
"an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"
out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
"now the Democrats are out"
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not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome
excluded from use or mention
"forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
directed outward or serving to direct something outward
"the out doorway"; "the out basket"
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leaving a place or a position
"an outgoing steamship"
no longer fashionable
"that style is out these days"
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not in accord with or not following current fashion
"unfashionable clothes"; "melodrama of a now unfashionable kind"
outside or external
"the out surface of a ship's hull"
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situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building
"an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints"
outer or outlying
"the out islands"
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being on the outside or further from a center
"spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs"
knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
adverbs
away from home
"they went out last night"
moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
"the cat came out from under the bed";
from one's possession
"he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"