Definition of out:

• Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
• One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural.
• A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; -- chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.
• Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.
• To cause to be out; to eject; to expel.
• To come out with; to make known.
• To give out; to dispose of; to sell.
• To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
• be made known; be disclosed or revealed; " The truth will out"
• to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; " This actor outed last year"
• reveal somebody else's homosexuality; " This actor was outed last week"
• From the inside of. In numerous self explaining compound verbs out adds the sense of surpassing or exceeding. usually meaning " more than, beyond, in excess"; as, outrank, outvote, outweigh, outbid.
• A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
• One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; - generally in the plural.
• A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space; - chiefly used in the phrase ins and outs; as, the ins and outs of a question. See under In.
• One who is not in office.
• An outside place.
• A person or thing that is out or omitted.
• One who or that which is without; opposed to in; a nook or corner; an open space.
• Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; - with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off.
• Away begone.
• Away; begone; prefix, beyond; exceeding; above.
• away from home; " they went out last night"
• outside of an enclosed space; " she is out"
• outward from a reference point; " he kicked his legs out"
• Without, not within: gone forth: abroad: in a state of discovery: in a state of exhaustion, extinction, etc.: completely: freely: forcibly: at a loss: unsheltered: uncovered.
• In a condition of issusnce, or as of having issued; on the outside; not in.
• Not in harmony or practise.
• Not at home.
• To the uttermost.
• Without; not within; not at home; in a state of disclosure, or extinction, or being exhausted, or destitution; not in office; to the end; loudly; in an error; at a loss.
• On or to the outside; without; not at home; in a state of exhaustion; in a state of extinction; not in office; not in employment; to the end, as, hear me out; without restraint, as, " I dare laugh out"; not in the hands of the owner, as, " the lands are out upon lease"; with parts of clothes torn, as, out at the elbows; incurring loss, as, out of pocket.
• of a fire; being out or having grown cold; " threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; " faint smoke from the extinguished candle"; " the fire is out"; " the quenched flames"
• knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
• outer or outlying; " the out islands"
• no longer fashionable; " that style is out these days"
• out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; " now the Democrats are out"
• outside or external; " the out surface of a ship's hull"
• directed outward or serving to direct something outward; " the out doorway"; " the out basket"
• not in; or in or into the open; " has been out all day"; " out to lunch"; " the sun is out"
• not worth considering as a possibility; " a picnic is out because of the weather"
• ( baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; " you only get 3 outs per inning"
• of a fire; being out or having grown cold; " threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; " the fire is out"
• not allowed to continue to bat or run; " he was tagged out at second on a close play"; " he fanned out"
• In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in a position or relation which is exterior to something; -- opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed after of, from, etc. ( see Out of, below); or, if not expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc.
• Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual, place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
• Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy, constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows; the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out.
• Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the fire, has burned out.
• Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation.
• Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
• Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; - used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest.
• Away! be gone !- OUT OF COURSE, out of order.
• Not within; forth; abroad; beyond limits.
• Prefix denoting excess, going beyond, or superiority.
• Exterior.

Usage examples for out

1. " I do not know," said Gud, " but I will find out."  The Book of Gud by Dan Spain Harold Hersey

2. If not, how get him out ...  The Magnetic North by Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)

3. Let them see it out there.  Neighbours by Robert Stead

4. The only way to find out was to try.  Seeing Things at Night by Heywood Broun