Read the dictionary definition of out. All definitions for this word.
1. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
1. you only get 3 outs per inning
2. be made known; be disclosed or revealed
1. The truth will out
3. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
1. The gay actor was outed last week
2. Someone outed a CIA agent
4. to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
1. This actor outed last year
5. being out or having grown cold
1. threw his extinct cigarette into the stream
2. the fire is out
6. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
7. outer or outlying
1. the out islands
8. outside or external
1. the out surface of a ship's hull
9. no longer fashionable
1. that style is out these days
10. directed outward or serving to direct something outward
1. the out doorway
2. the out basket
11. excluded from use or mention
1. forbidden fruit
2. in our house dancing and playing cards were out
3. a taboo subject
12. not worth considering as a possibility
1. a picnic is out because of the weather
13. not allowed to continue to bat or run
1. he was tagged out at second on a close play
2. he fanned out
14. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
1. now the Democrats are out
15. away from home
1. they went out last night
16. from one's possession
1. he gave out money to the poor
2. gave away the tickets
17. moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
1. the cat came out from under the bed
