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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OUT, adv.
1. Without; on the outside; not within; on the exterior or beyond the limits of any inclosed place or given line; opposed to in or within; as, to go out and come in; to rush out.
2. Abroad; not at home. The master of the house is out; a colloquial phrase for gone out.
3. In a state of disclosure or discovery. The secret is out, that is, has come out, is disclosed. We shall find out the rogue.
4. Not concealed.
When these are gone, the woman will be out.
5. In a state of extinction. The candle or the fire is out.
6. In a state of being exhausted. The wine is out.
7. In a state of destitution. We are out of bread corn.
8. Not in office or employment. I care not who is in or who is out. He is out of business.
9. Abroad or from home, in a party, at church, in a parade, etc. He was not out today. The militia companies are out. The man was out in a frolic last night.
10. To the end.
Hear me out.
11. Loudly; without restraint; as, to laugh out.
12. Not in the hands of the owner. The land is out upon a lease.
13. In an error.
As a musician that will always play, and yet is always out at the same note.
14. At a loss; in a puzzle.
I have forgot my part, and I am out.
15. Uncovered; with clothes torn; as, to be out at the knees or elbows.
16. Away, so as to consume; as, to sleep out the best time in the morning.
17. Deficient; having expended. He was out of pocket. He was out fifty pounds.
18. It is used as an exclamation with the force of command, away; begone; as, out with the dog.
Out upon you, out upon it, expressions of dislike or contempt.
Out is much used as a modifier of verbs; as, to come out, to go out, to lead out, to run out, to leak out, to creep out, to flow out, to pass out, to look out, to burn out, to cut out, to saw out, to grow out, to spin out, to write out, to boil out, to beat out, etc. bearing the sense of issuing, extending, drawing from, separating, bringing to open view, or in short, the passing of a limit that incloses or restrains; or bearing the metaphorical sense of vanishing, coming to an end.
Out of. In this connection, out may be considered as adverb, and of as a preposition.
1. Proceeding from; as produce. Plants grow out of the earth. He paid me out of his own funds.
Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4.
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. James 3.
2. From or proceeding from a place, or the interior of a place; as, to take any thing out of the house. Mark 13.
3. Beyond; as out of the power of fortune.
They were astonished out of measure. Mark 10.
4. From, noting taking or derivation.
To whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets. Acts 28.
5. Not in, noting extraordinary exertion.
Be instant in season, out of season. 2 Timothy 4.
6. Not in, noting exclusion, dismission, departure, absence or dereliction; as out of favor; out of use; out of place; out of fashion.
7. Not in, noting unfitness or impropriety. He is witty out of season. The seed was sown out of season.
8. Not within, noting extraordinary delay; as, a ship is out of time.
9. Not within; abroad; as out of the door or house.
10. From, noting copy from an original; as, to cite or copy out of Horace.
11. From, noting rescue or liberation; as, to be delivered out of afflictions.
Christianity recovered the law of nature out of all those errors.
12. Not in, noting deviation, exorbitance or irregularity. This is out of all method; out of all rule. He goes out of his way to find cause of censure. He is out of order.
13. From, noting dereliction or departure. He will not be flattered or frightened out of his duty. He attempted to laugh men out of virtue.
14. From, noting loss or change of state. The mouth is out of taste; the instrument is out of tune.
15. Not according to, noting deviation; as, he acts or speaks out of character.
16. Beyond; not within the limits of; as, to be out of hearing, out of sight, out of reach. Time out of mind, is time beyond the reach of memory.
17. Noting loss or exhaustion, as, to be out of breath.
18. Noting loss; as out of hope.
19. By means of.
Out of that will I cause those of Cyprus to mutiny.
20. In consequence of, noting the motive, source or reason.
What they do not grant out of the generosity of their nature, they may grant out of mere impatience.
So we say, a thing is done out of envy, spite or ambition.
Out of hand, immediately, as that is easily used which is ready in the hand.
Gather we our forces out of hand.
Out of print, denotes that a book is not in market, or to be purchased; the copies printed having been all sold.
OUT, v.t To eject; to expel; to deprive by expulsion.
The French having been outed of their holds.
In composition, out signifies beyond, more, ejection or extension.
For the participles of the following compounds, see the simple verbs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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, out]
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, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]
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, kayoed, KO'd, out, stunned] n
1: (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning" v
1: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" [syn: come out of the closet, out, come out]
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" [syn: out, come out] adv
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, out]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ?t; akin to Old High German ?z 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 II. verb Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. eject, oust 2. to identify publicly as being such secretly <wanted to out pot smokers>; especially to identify as being a closet homosexual intransitive verb to become publicly known <the truth will out> III. preposition Date: 13th century — used as a function word to indicate an outward movement <ran out the door> <looked out the window> IV. adjective Date: 13th century 1. a. situated outside ; external b. out-of-bounds 2. situated at a distance ; outlying <the out islands> 3. not being in power 4. absent 5. removed by the defense from play as a batter or base runner in a baseball inning <two men out> 6. directed outward or serving to direct something outward <the out basket> 7. not being in vogue or fashion 8. not to be considered ; out of the question 9. determined 1 <was out to get revenge> 10. engaged in or attempting a particular activity <won on his first time out> 11. publicly known or identified as a homosexual V. noun Date: 1717 1. outside 2. one who is out of office or power or on the outside <a matter of outs versus ins> 3. a. an act or instance of putting a player out or of being put out in baseball b. a player that is put out 4. a way of escaping from an embarrassing or difficult situation

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep him out; get out of here; my son is out in Canada). 2 (forming part of phrasal verbs) a indicating dispersal away from a centre etc. (hire out; share out; board out). b indicating coming or bringing into the open for public attention etc. (call out; send out; shine out; stand out). c indicating a need for attentiveness (watch out; look out; listen out). 3 not in one's house, office, etc. (went out for a walk). 4 to or at an end; completely (tired out; die out; out of bananas; fight it out; typed it out). 5 (of a fire, candle, etc.) not burning. 6 in error (was 3% out in my calculations). 7 colloq. unconscious (she was out for five minutes). 8 a (of a tooth) extracted. b (of a joint, bone, etc.) dislocated (put his shoulder out). 9 (of a party, politician, etc.) not in office. 10 (of a jury) considering its verdict in secrecy. 11 (of workers) on strike. 12 (of a secret) revealed. 13 (of a flower) blooming, open. 14 (of a book) published. 15 (of a star) visible after dark. 16 unfashionable (turn-ups are out). 17 (of a batsman, batter, etc.) no longer taking part as such, having been caught, stumped, etc. 18 not worth considering; rejected (that idea is out). 19 colloq. (prec. by superl.) known to exist (the best game out). 20 (of a stain, mark, etc.) not visible, removed (painted out the sign). 21 (of time) not spent working (took five minutes out). 22 (of a rash, bruise, etc.) visible. 23 (of the tide) at the lowest point. 24 Boxing unable to rise from the floor (out for the count). 25 archaic (of a young upper-class woman) introduced into society. 26 (in a radio conversation etc.) transmission ends (over and out). --prep. 1 out of (looked out the window). 2 archaic outside; beyond the limits of. --n. 1 colloq. a way of escape; an excuse. 2 (the outs) the political party out of office. --adj. 1 (of a match) played away. 2 (of an island) away from the mainland. --int. a peremptory dismissal, reproach, etc. (out, you scoundrel!). --v. 1 tr. a put out. b colloq. eject forcibly. 2 intr. come or go out; emerge (murder will out). 3 tr. Boxing knock out. Phrases and idioms: at outs at variance or enmity. not out Cricket (of a side or a batsman) not having been caught, bowled, etc. out and about (of a person, esp. after an illness) engaging in normal activity. out and away by far. out and out 1 thorough; surpassing. 2 thoroughly; surpassingly. out at elbows see ELBOW. out for having one's interest or effort directed to; intent on. out of 1 from within (came out of the house). 2 not within (I was never out of England). 3 from among (nine people out of ten; must choose out of these). 4 beyond the range of (is out of reach). 5 without or so as to be without (was swindled out of his money; out of breath; out of sugar). 6 from (get money out of him). 7 owing to; because of (asked out of curiosity). 8 by the use of (material) (what did you make it out of?). 9 at a specified distance from (a town, port, etc.) (seven miles out of Liverpool). 10 beyond (something out of the ordinary). 11 Racing (of an animal, esp. a horse) born of. out of bounds see BOUND(2). out of date see DATE(1). out of doors see DOOR. out of drawing see DRAWING. out of hand see HAND. out of it not included; forlorn. out of order see ORDER. out of pocket see POCKET. out of the question see QUESTION. out of sorts see SORT. out of temper see TEMPER. out of this world see WORLD. out of the way see WAY. out to keenly striving to do. out to lunch colloq. crazy, mad. out with an exhortation to expel or dismiss (an unwanted person). out with it say what you are thinking. Etymology: OE ut, OHG uz, rel. to Skr. ud-

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ring Ring (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Rang (r[a^]ng) or Rung (r[u^]ng); p. p. Rung; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.] 1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell. 2. To make (a sound), as by ringing a bell; to sound. The shard-borne beetle, with his drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal. --Shak. 3. To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly. To ring a peal, to ring a set of changes on a chime of bells. To ring the changes upon. See under Change. To ring in or out, to usher, attend on, or celebrate, by the ringing of bells; as, to ring out the old year and ring in the new. --Tennyson. To ring the bells backward, to sound the chimes, reversing the common order; -- formerly done as a signal of alarm or danger. --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

See See, v. t. [imp. Saw; p. p. Seen; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeing.] [OE. seen, sen, seon, As. se['o]n; akin to OFries. s[=i]a, D. zien, OS. & OHG. sehan, G. sehen, Icel. sj[=a], Sw. se, Dan. see, Goth. sa['i]hwan, and probably to L. sequi to follow (and so originally meaning, to follow with the eyes). Gr. ??????, Skr. sac. Cf. Sight, Sun to follow.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view. I will new turn aside, and see this great sight. --Ex. iii. 3. 2. To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain. Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren. --Gen. xxxvii. 14. Jesus saw that he answered discreetly. --Mark xii. 34. Who 's so gross That seeth not this palpable device? --Shak. 3. To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentivelly; to look after. --Shak. I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care for centradicting him. --Addison. 4. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend. And Samuel came no more to see Saul untill the day of his death. --1 Sam. xv. 35. 5. To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. --Ps. xc. 15. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. --John viii. 51. Improvement in visdom and prudence by seeing men. --Locke. 6. To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars. God you (him, or me, etc.) see, God keep you (him, me, etc.) in his sight; God protect you. [Obs.] --Chaucer. To see (anything) out, to see (it) to the end; to be present at, or attend, to the end. To see stars, to see flashes of light, like stars; -- sometimes the result of concussion of the head. [Colloq.] To see (one) through, to help, watch, or guard (one) to the end of a course or an undertaking.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sell Sell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sold; p. pr. & vb. n. Selling.] [OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. s["a]lja to sell, Dan. s?lge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. Sale.] 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. --Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. --Shak. Note: Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. 2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. --Shak. 3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] --Dickens. To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Out Out, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. About, But, prep., Carouse, Utter, a.] 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. Out is used in a variety of applications, as: 1. 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. ``My shoulder blade is out.'' --Shak. He hath been out (of the country) nine years. --Shak. 2. 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. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. --H. James. 3. 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. ``Hear me out.'' --Dryden. Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days. --Ps. iv. 23. When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak. 4. 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. ``Land that is out at rack rent.'' --Locke. ``He was out fifty pounds.'' --Bp. Fell. I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak. 5. 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. ``Lancelot and I are out.'' --Shak. Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of their own interest. --South. Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison. 6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with the same significations that it has as a separate word; as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo, outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under Over, adv. Day in, day out, from the beginning to the limit of each of several days; day by day; every day. Out and out. (a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly. (b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute; as, an out and out villain. [As an adj. written also out-and-out.] Out at, Out in, Out on, etc., elliptical phrases, that to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods. Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley. Note: In these lines after out may be understood, ``of the harbor,'' ``from the shore,'' ``of sight,'' or some similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in the saying: ``Out of the frying pan into the fire.'' Out from, a construction similar to out of (below). See Of and From. Out of, a phrase which may be considered either as composed of an adverb and a preposition, each having its appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure, separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to in or into; also with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed, or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath; out of countenance. Out of cess, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak. Out of character, unbecoming; improper. Out of conceit with, not pleased with. See under Conceit. Out of date, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated. Out of door, Out of doors, beyond the doors; from the house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively, shut out; dismissed. See under Door, also, Out-of-door, Outdoor, Outdoors, in the Vocabulary. ``He 's quality, and the question's out of door,'' --Dryden. Out of favor, disliked; under displeasure. Out of frame, not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged. --Latimer. Out of hand, immediately; without delay or preparation. ``Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.'' --Latimer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Out Out, n. 1. One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office; -- generally in the plural. 2. 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. 3. (Print.) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. To make an out (Print.), to omit something, in setting or correcting type, which was in the copy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Out Out, v. t. 1. To cause to be out; to eject; to expel. A king outed from his country. --Selden. The French have been outed of their holds. --Heylin. 2. To come out with; to make known. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To give out; to dispose of; to sell. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Out Out, v. i. To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. ``Truth will out.'' --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Out Out, interj. Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of; -- with the force of command; go out; begone; away; off. Out, idle words, servants to shallow fools ! --Shak. Out upon or on! equivalent to ``shame upon!'' ``away with!'' as, out upon you!

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outer Out"er (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of Out.] [AS. [=u]tor, compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world. Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Veer Veer, v. t. To direct to a different course; to turn; to wear; as, to veer, or wear, a vessel. To veer and haul (Naut.), to pull tight and slacken alternately. --Totten. To veer away or out (Naut.), to let out; to slacken and let run; to pay out; as, to veer away the cable; to veer out a rope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dig 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson . If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. --Carlyle. (b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. (d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. To dress up or out, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. ``You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[ae]sar.'' --Addison. To dress a ship (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bowl 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

I. ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Out' is often used with verbs of movement, such as 'walk' and 'pull', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'give out' and 'run out'. 1. When something is in a particular place and you take it out, you remove it from that place. Carefully pull out the centre pages... He took out his notebook and flipped the pages... They paid in that cheque a couple of days ago, and drew out around two thousand in cash. ADV: ADV after v 2. You can use out to indicate that you are talking about the situation outside, rather than inside buildings. It's hot out–very hot, very humid. = outside ADV: ADV after v 3. If you are out, you are not at home or not at your usual place of work. I tried to get in touch with you yesterday evening, but I think you were out... She had to go out. ADV: be ADV, ADV after v 4. If you say that someone is out in a particular place, you mean that they are in a different place, usually one far away. The police tell me they've finished their investigations out there... Rosie's husband was now out East. ADV: ADV adv/prep 5. When the sea or tide goes out, the sea moves away from the shore. The tide was out and they walked among the rock pools. ? in ADV: ADV after v, be ADV 6. If you are out a particular amount of money, you have that amount less than you should or than you did. (mainly AM) Me and my friends are out ten thousand dollars, with nothing to show for it! ADV: ADV n II. ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If a light or fire is out or goes out, it is no longer shining or burning. All the lights were out in the house... Several of the lights went out, one after another. ADJ: v-link ADJ 2. If flowers are out, their petals have opened. Well, the daffodils are out in the gardens and they're always a beautiful show. ADJ: v-link ADJ • Out is also an adverb. I usually put it in my diary when I see the wild flowers coming out. ADV: ADV after v 3. If something such as a book or CD is out, it is available for people to buy. ...cover versions of 40 British Number Ones–out now. ADJ: v-link ADJ • Out is also an adverb. The French edition came out in early 1992. ADV: ADV after v 4. If workers are out, they are on strike. (INFORMAL) We've been out for two and a half months and we're not going back until we get what we're asking for. = on strike ADJ: v-link ADJ • Out is also an adverb. In June last year, 26 people came out on strike protesting against a compulsory 65-hour week. ADV: ADV after v 5. In a game or sport, if someone is out, they can no longer take part either because they are unable to or because they have been defeated. ADJ: v-link ADJ 6. In baseball, a player is out if they do not reach a base safely. When three players in a team are out in an inning, then the team is out. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 7. If you say that a proposal or suggestion is out, you mean that it is unacceptable. That's right out, I'm afraid. ADJ: v-link ADJ 8. If you say that a particular thing is out, you mean that it is no longer fashionable at the present time. Romance is making a comeback. Reality is out. ? in ADJ: v-link ADJ 9. If you say that a calculation or measurement is out, you mean that it is incorrect. When the two ends of the tunnel met in the middle they were only a few inches out. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft amount ADJ 10. If someone is out to do something, they intend to do it. (INFORMAL) Most companies these days are just out to make a quick profit. ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf III. VERB USE (outs, outing, outed) If a group of people out a public figure or famous person, they reveal that person's homosexuality against their wishes. The New York gay action group 'Queer Nation' recently outed an American Congressman. VERB: V n • outing The gay and lesbian rights group, Stonewall, sees outing as completely unhelpful. N-UNCOUNT IV. PREPOSITION USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Out of' is used with verbs of movement, such as 'walk' and 'pull', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'do out of' and 'grow out of'. In American English and informal British English, 'out' is often used instead of 'out of'. 1. If you go out of a place, you leave it. She let him out of the house. ? into PREP-PHRASE 2. If you take something out of the container or place where it has been, you remove it so that it is no longer there. I always took my key out of my bag and put it in my pocket. PREP-PHRASE 3. If you look or shout out of a window, you look or shout away from the room where you are towards the outside. He went on staring out of the window... He looked out the window at the car on the street below. PREP-PHRASE 4. If you are out of the sun, the rain, or the wind, you are sheltered from it. People can keep out of the sun to avoid skin cancer. PREP-PHRASE 5. If someone or something gets out of a situation, especially an unpleasant one, they are then no longer in it. If they keep out of it, they do not start being in it. In the past army troops have relied heavily on air support to get them out of trouble... The economy is starting to climb out of recession... PREP-PHRASE 6. You can use out of to say that someone leaves an institution. You come out of university and find there are no jobs available... Doctors should be able to decide who they can safely let out of hospital early. PREP-PHRASE 7. If you are out of range of something, you are beyond the limits of that range. Shaun was in the bedroom, out of earshot, watching television... He turned to look back, but by then she was out of sight. PREP-PHRASE 8. You use out of to say what feeling or reason causes someone to do something. For example, if you do something out of pity, you do it because you pity someone. He took up office out of a sense of duty... PREP-PHRASE 9. If you get something such as information or work out of someone, you manage to make them give it to you, usually when they are unwilling to give it. 'Where is she being held prisoner?' I asked. 'Did you get it out of him?'... We knew we could get better work out of them. PREP-PHRASE 10. If you get pleasure or an advantage out of something, you get it as a result of being involved with that thing or making use of it. We all had a lot of fun out of him... To get the most out of your money, you have to invest. = from PREP-PHRASE 11. If you are out of something, you no longer have any of it. I can't find the sugar–and we're out of milk. PREP-PHRASE 12. If something is made out of a particular material, it consists of that material because it has been formed or constructed from it. Would you advise people to make a building out of wood or stone? = from PREP-PHRASE 13. You use out of to indicate what proportion of a group of things something is true of. For example, if something is true of one out of five things, it is true of one fifth of all things of that kind. Two out of five thought the business would be sold privately on their retirement or death... = in PREP-PHRASE: num PREP num

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. 1. On the outside, without. 2. Abroad, not at home, gone out. 3. Revealed, public, disclosed. 4. Finished, exhausted, used up. 5. Lacking, wanting, deficient in. 6. Extinguished. 7. To the end, through. 8. Thoroughly, completely, fully. 9. Loudly, aloud, outright, audibly. 10. At a loss, in a puzzle, confused. 11. Away, off. 12. Uncovered.

Moby Thesaurus

abandoned, aberrant, abjured, abroad, absurd, adrift, alibi, all abroad, all off, all wrong, aloud, amiss, antiquated, antique, apparent, apparently, appear, archaic, askew, asleep, astray, at a loss, at fault, audibly, avenue, away, away from, awry, be revealed, become known, beside the mark, blind, blind drunk, blotto, blow out, blowhole, break forth, cataleptic, catatonic, channel, choke, chute, clearly, cold, comatose, come out, come to light, contrasting, cop-out, corrupt, cortical, counter, curious, damp, dated, dead, dead asleep, debouch, deceptive, deep asleep, defective, delusive, deserted, deviant, deviational, deviative, different, disarranged, discontinued, disjointed, dislocated, disparate, displaced, dissimilar, distinctly, distorted, disused, divergent, diverse, done with, door, doped, dormant, douse, drugged, eccentric, egress, emunctory, epidermic, errant, erring, erroneous, escape, estuary, ex, excuse, exhaust, exit, exomorphic, exterior, exteriorly, external, externally, extinct, extinguish, extinguished, extrinsic, fallacious, false, fast asleep, faultful, faulty, flaked-out, flawed, floodgate, flume, forth, freaked out, freaky, fringe, from, funny, get out, gone out, gone-by, half-conscious, hardly like, helpless, hence, heretical, heterodox, illogical, illusory, in the red, kooky, lame excuse, leak out, likely story, loophole, manifest itself, narcotized, nirvanic, nonuniform, not right, not true, not worth saving, oblivious, obsolescent, obsolete, odd, oddball, off, off the track, off the wall, offbeat, old, old-fashioned, on the outside, on the shelf, on the surface, open, opening, openly, out cold, out loud, out of, out of doors, out of gear, out of it, out of joint, out of pocket, out of style, out of use, out-of-date, outcome, outdated, outer, outermost, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlandish, outlet, outlying, outmoded, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, outwardly, outwards, outworn, overcome, paralyzed, passe, passed out, passing strange, past, past use, peccant, peculiar, pensioned off, peripheral, perverse, perverted, plainly, poor excuse, pore, port, public, publically, put out, quaint, queer, quench, quenched, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, roundabout, run out, sally port, scarcely like, seeming, self-contradictory, semiconscious, senseless, show its colors, show its face, singular, slack, sleeping, sluice, slumbering, smother, snuff, snuff out, snuffed, sound asleep, spaced out, spiracle, spout, stamp out, stand revealed, steal a march, stiff, stifle, stoned, strange, straying, strung out, superannuate, superannuated, superficial, superficially, superseded, surface, tap, thence, therefrom, thereof, to all appearances, to the bad, transpire, unalike, unconscious, under the table, unearthly, unfactual, unhinged, unidentical, unjointed, unlike, unmatched, unorthodox, unprofitably, unproved, unresembling, unsame, unsimilar, untrue, vent, ventage, venthole, vomitory, way out, weir, weird, whence, wide, without, wondrous strange, worn-out, wrong, zonked, zonked out