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Part of Speech: Noun
Results: 15
2.
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.
5.
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.
Part of Speech: interjection
Part of Speech: noun
4.
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.
5.
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.
Part of Speech: verb
Part of Speech: verb transitive
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