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 place2 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