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out       (out)  Pronunciation Key  adv.   In a direction away from the inside: Let's go out and look at the stars. Away from the center or middle: The troops fanned out. Away from a usual place: stepped out for a drink of water; went out for the evening. Out of normal position: threw his back out. Out-of-bounds. From inside a building or shelter into the open air; outside: The boy went out to play. In the open air; outside: Is it snowing out? From within a container or source: drained the water out. From among others: picked out the thief in the crowd. To exhaustion or depletion: The supplies have run out. Into extinction or imperceptibility: The fire has gone out. To a finish or conclusion: Play the game out. To the fullest extent or degree: all decked out for the dance. In or into competition or directed effort: went out for the basketball team; was out to win. Into being or evident existence: The new car models have come out. Into public circulation: The paper came out early today. Into disuse or an unfashionable status: Narrow ties have gone out. Into a state of deprivation or loss: voted the incompetent governor out. From inside a building or shelter into the open air; outside: The boy went out to play. In the open air; outside: Is it snowing out? From within a container or source: drained the water out. From among others: picked out the thief in the crowd. To exhaustion or depletion: The supplies have run out. Into extinction or imperceptibility: The fire has gone out. To a finish or conclusion: Play the game out. To the fullest extent or degree: all decked out for the dance. In or into competition or directed effort: went out for the basketball team; was out to win. Into being or evident existence: The new car models have come out. Into public circulation: The paper came out early today. Into disuse or an unfashionable status: Narrow ties have gone out. Into a state of deprivation or loss: voted the incompetent governor out. From within a container or source: drained the water out. From among others: picked out the thief in the crowd. To exhaustion or depletion: The supplies have run out. Into extinction or imperceptibility: The fire has gone out. To a finish or conclusion: Play the game out. To the fullest extent or degree: all decked out for the dance. In or into competition or directed effort: went out for the basketball team; was out to win. Into being or evident existence: The new car models have come out. Into public circulation: The paper came out early today. Into disuse or an unfashionable status: Narrow ties have gone out. Into a state of deprivation or loss: voted the incompetent governor out. To exhaustion or depletion: The supplies have run out. Into extinction or imperceptibility: The fire has gone out. To a finish or conclusion: Play the game out. To the fullest extent or degree: all decked out for the dance. In or into competition or directed effort: went out for the basketball team; was out to win. Into being or evident existence: The new car models have come out. Into public circulation: The paper came out early today. Into disuse or an unfashionable status: Narrow ties have gone out. Into a state of deprivation or loss: voted the incompetent governor out. In or into a state of unconsciousness: The drug put him out for two hours. Into being or evident existence: The new car models have come out. Into public circulation: The paper came out early today. Into disuse or an unfashionable status: Narrow ties have gone out. Into a state of deprivation or loss: voted the incompetent governor out. Into view: The moon came out. Without inhibition; boldly: Speak out. Into possession of another or others; into distribution: giving out free passes. Into disuse or an unfashionable status: Narrow ties have gone out. Into a state of deprivation or loss: voted the incompetent governor out. In the time following; afterward: "to gauge economic conditions six months out" (Christian Science Monitor). Abbr. O Baseball So as to be retired, or counted as an out: He grounded out to the shortstop. On strike: The auto workers went out when management refused to reduce outsourcing. adj.   Exterior; external: the out surface of a ship's hull. Directed away from a place or center; outgoing: the out doorway. Traveling or landing out-of-bounds. Not operating or operational: The power has been out for a week. Extinguished: The lights were out next door. Unconscious: was out for an hour during surgery. Not to be considered or permitted: A taxi is out, because we don't have enough money. From now on, eating candy before dinner is out. No longer fashionable. No longer existing in one's possession or supplies: I can't offer you coffee because we're out. Informal Openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual: an out performer. Baseball Not allowed to continue to bat or run; retired. prep.   Forth from; through: He fell out the window. Beyond or outside of: Out this door is the garage. Within the area of: The house has a garden out back. n.   One that is out, especially one who is out of power. Informal A means of escape: The window was my only out. Baseball A play in which a batter or base runner is retired. The player retired in such a play. Sports A serve or return that falls out of bounds in a court game. Printing A word or other part of a manuscript omitted from the printed copy. v.   out·ed, out·ing, outs v.   intr. To be disclosed or revealed; come out: Truth will out. v.   tr. Sports To send (a tennis ball, for example) outside the court or playing area. To expose (one considered to be heterosexual) as being gay, lesbian, or bisexual: a tabloid article that outed a well-known politican. Chiefly British To knock unconscious. interj.   Used in two-way radio to indicate that a transmission is complete and no reply is expected. [Middle English, from Old English ūt; see ud- in Indo-European roots.]

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

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In addition to the idioms beginning with out, also see ace out; act out; all out; ask out; back out; bail out; bang out; bawl out; bear out; beat one's brains out; beat out; belt out; bent out of shape; black out; bliss out; blot out; blow one's brains out; blow out; blurt out; bottom out; bow out; branch out; brave out; break out; break out of; bring out; bug out; bum out; burn out; burst into (out); buy out; call out; camp out; cancel out; card in (out); carry out; cast out; check out; chew out; chicken out; chill out; churn out; clean out; clear out; clock in (out); close out; come out; come out ahead; come out in the wash; come out of; come out with; conk out; cool off (out); cop out; count out; crank out; crap out; crop out; cry (out) for; cut it out; cut out; day after day (day in, day out); deal out; deck out; die out; dig out; dine out on; dish out; do out of; dope out; down and out; drag on (out); draw out; drop out; drown out; drum out; dry out; duck out; ease out; eat someone out of house and home; eat one's heart out; eat out; eat out of one's hand; edge out; eke out; fade out; fall out; farm out; far out; feel out; ferret out; fight it out; figure out; fill out; find out; fish out; fish out of water; fit out; fizzle out; flake out; flat out; flesh out; flip one's lid (out); flunk out; follow out; for crying out loud; fork over (out); freak out; freeze out; fresh out of; get out; get out of; get the lead out; give out; go out; go out of one's way; gross out; grow out of; gut it out; hammer out; hand out; hang out; hang out one's shingle; hang out to dry; hash over (out); have an out; have it out; have one's work cut out; head out; hear out; heart goes out to; help out; hide out; hire out; hit out; hold out; in (out of) favor; in one ear and out the other; in (out of) one's element; in (out of) one's hair; in (out of) print; in (out of) reach; ins and outs; inside out; into (out of) thin air; in (out of) tune; iron out; jury is still out; keep an eye out; kick out; knock out; knock the bottom out; lash out; lay out; leave out; let out; let the cat out of the bag; light out; like a bat out of hell; live out; lock out; log in (out); look out; look out for; lose out; luck out; make a mountain out of a molehill; make capital out of; make out; max out; mellow out; miss out on; murder will out; muster in (out); nose out; nose out of joint; odd man out; on the outs; on the way out; opt out; pan out; parcel out; pass out; pay out; peter out; phase in (out); pick out; pig it (out); played out; play out; point out; poop out; pound out; pour out; price out of the market; print out; prove out; psych out; pull out; pull out all the stops; pull out of a hat; pull the rug out; punch in (out); put one out; put oneself out; put out; put out feelers; put someone out of his or her misery; put out to grass; puzzle out; rack out; rain out; read out of; ride out; right out; right-side out; roll out; root out; round off (out); rough out; rub out; rule out; run out of; run out on; sack in (out); scare out of one's wits; screw someone out of; see out; sell out; set out; settle (wipe out) old scores; shell out; ship out; shut out; sign out; sing out; single out; sit out; skip out; sleep out; slip out; smoke out; snap out of it; sniff out; snuff out; sound out; space out; spell out; spin out; stake out; stamp out; stand out; start out; step out; stick one's neck out; stick out; straighten out; stress out; strike out; string out; strung out; swear out; sweat out; take a leaf out of someone's book; take it out on; take out; take the wind out of someone's sails; talked out; talk out; talk out of; tease out; tell tales (out of school); think out; thrash out; throw out; time out; tired out; top out; trick out; trot out; truth will out; try out; tuckered out; tune out; turn out; wait out; walk out; want in (out); washed out; wash out; wear out; weasel out; weave in and out; weed out; well out of; whacked out; wig out; win out; wipe out; work out; worm out of; write out; year in, year out; zap out.

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A*bout"\, prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS. [=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan outward, from ut out. See But, Out.]

1. Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you." --Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." --Prov. iii. 3.

2. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person). "Have you much money about you?" --Bulwer.

3. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.

Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. --Macaulay.

Roving still about the world. --Milton.

4. Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity. "To-morrow, about this time." --Exod. ix. 18. "About my stature." --Shak.

He went out about the third hour. --Matt. xx. 3.

Note: This use passes into the adverbial sense.

5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on.

I must be about my Father's business. --Luke ii. 49.

6. Before a verbal noun or an infinitive: On the point or verge of; going; in act of.

Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. --Acts xviii. 14.

7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." --Milton.

She must have her way about Sarah. --Trollope.

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Bowl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowling.]

1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. --Shak.

2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, And bowled to death with turnips? --Shak.

To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.

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But\ (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be- + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See By, Out; cf. About.]

1. Except with; unless with; without. [Obs.]

So insolent that he could not go but either spurning equals or trampling on his inferiors. --Fuller.

Touch not the cat but a glove. --Motto of the Mackintoshes.

2. Except; besides; save.

Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon? --E. Smith.

Note: In this sense, but is often used with other particles; as, but for, without, had it not been for. "Uncreated but for love divine." --Young.

3. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.

And but my noble Moor is true of mind . . . it were enough to put him to ill thinking. --Shak.

4. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.

It cannot be but nature hath some director, of infinite power, to guide her in all her ways. --Hooker.

There is no question but the king of Spain will reform most of the abuses. --Addison.

5. Only; solely; merely.

Observe but how their own principles combat one another. --Milton.

If they kill us, we shall but die. --2 Kings vii. 4.

A formidable man but to his friends. --Dryden.

6. On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.

Now abideth faith hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. --1 Cor. xiii. 13.

When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom. --Prov. xi. 2.

All but. See under All.

But and if, but if; an attempt on the part of King James's translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and adversative force of the Greek ?.

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him. --Luke xii. 45, 46.

But if, unless. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

But this I read, that but if remedy Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see. --Spenser.

Syn: But, However, Still.

Usage: These conjunctions mark opposition in passing from one thought or topic to another. But marks the opposition with a medium degree of strength; as, this is not winter, but it is almost as cold; he requested my assistance, but I shall not aid him at present. However is weaker, and throws the opposition (as it were) into the background; as, this is not winter; it is, however, almost as cold; he required my assistance; at present, however, I shall not afford him aid. The plan, however, is still under consideration, and may yet be adopted. Still is stronger than but, and marks the opposition more emphatically; as, your arguments are weighty; still they do not convince me. See Except, However.

Note: "The chief error with but is to use it where and is enough; an error springing from the tendency to use strong words without sufficient occasion." --Bain.

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Ca*rouse"\ (k[.a]*rouz"), n. [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the entire emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]

1. A large draught of liquor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." --Sir J. Davies.

Drink carouses to the next day's fate. --Shak.

2. A drinking match; a carousal.

The early feast and late carouse. --Pope.

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Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dugor Digged; p. pr. & vb. n. Digging. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see Dike, Ditch); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. ???.]

1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade.

Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden.

2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.

3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.

4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.]

You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. --Robynson (More's Utopia).

To dig down, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall.

To dig from, out of, out, or up, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes.

To dig in, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.

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