Main Entry: ¹out

Pronunciation: \ˈau̇t\

Function: adverb

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, Sanskrit ud up, out

Date: before 12th century

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