out
not allowed to continue to bat or run
How often you will meet it
Rank 55 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 526,995 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.251% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- not allowed to continue to bat or run he was tagged out at second on a close playhe fanned out
- being out or having grown cold also: extinct threw his extinct cigarette into the streamthe fire is out
- not worth considering as a possibility a picnic is out because of the weather
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election now the Democrats are out
- excluded from use or mention also: forbidden, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten forbidden fruitin our house dancing and playing cards were out
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward the out doorwaythe out basket
out in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Lord Henry stretched himself out on the divan and laughed.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The heat Is stifling, but out here the air is sweet.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Then: "They must be about all there," she spoke, leaning out.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The tall servant reappeared with a huge luncheon basket--all manner of delicacies were emptied out upon my table.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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His strongest outward characteristic was quietness, both of manner, speech, motions, springing, it appeared, out of a corresponding quietness of soul.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1