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out
A	noun
	1	out
			(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚nonaccomplishment; nonachievement ╚failure ╚out ╚strikeout ╚putout
B	verb
	1	out, come out
			be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"

	2	out
			reveal somebody else's homosexuality; "This actor was outed last week"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚disclose; let on; bring out; reveal; discover; expose; divulge; impart; break; give away; let out ╚out
	3	come out of the closet, out, come out
			to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚disclose; let on; bring out; reveal; discover; expose; divulge; impart; break; give away; let out ╚come out of the closet, out, come out
C	adjective
	1	extinct, out(p)
			of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"

	2	knocked out(p), kayoed, KO'd, out(p), stunned
			knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

	3	out
			outer or outlying; "the out islands"

	4	out(a)
			outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull"

	5	out
			no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"

	6	out(a)
			directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"

	7	forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
			excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

	8	out(p)
			not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

	9	out(p), retired
			not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"

	10	out(a)
			out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"

D	adverb
	1	out
			outside of an enclosed space; "she is out"

	2	out
			outward from a reference point; "he kicked his legs out"

	3	out
			away from home; "they went out last night"

	4	away, out
			from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets"

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