n. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

n. a return or service that does not land within the in-bounds limits

n. the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

v. cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"

v. to hit a golf ball on the putting surface with a putter

v. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"

v. attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"

v. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

v. formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

v. be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"

adv. away from the reference point: "He kicked his legs out"

adv. "They went out last night"

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

adj. no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"

adj. directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"

adj. out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out"

adj. outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull"

adj. outer or outlying; "the out islands"

adj. (unpopular)

adj. not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out"

adj. being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out"

adj. not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"

adj. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

adj. excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

v. provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"

v. give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

v. take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork"

v. give out or allot; "We were assigned new uniforms"

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

v. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"

v. obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"

v. convert (short-term floating debt) into long-term debt that bears fixed interest and is represented by bonds

v. transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

v. present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"

v. hand over formally

v. furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"

v. throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"

v. throw forcefully

v. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

v. give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"

v. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"

v. put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"

v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

v. arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

v. lift or elevate

v. move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"

v. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

v. get on the back of; "mount a horse"

v. fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

v. ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

v. refer for judgment or consideration; "She submitted a proposal to the agency"

v. hand over formally

v. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

v. present for acceptance or rejection; "She offered us all a cold drink"

v. perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"

v. plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week"

v. put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

v. put into commission; equip for service; of ships

v. enter into a contractual arrangement

v. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

adj. having ceased to exist or live; "the will of a defunct aunt"; "a defunct Indian tribe"

adj. no longer in use; "obsolete words"

adj. without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"

adj. forbidden by law

adj. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"

adj. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth; "an incorrect calculation"; "the report in the paper is wrong"; "your information is wrong"; "the clock showed the wrong time"; "found themselves on the wrong road"; "based on the wrong assumptions"

adj. too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"

v. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

v. take away the enthusiasm of

v. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"

v. connect by telephone; "the operator put a call through to Rio"

v. preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"

v. follow through with

v. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"

v. set at

v. lay on

v. leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;

v. arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"

v. take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"

v. go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

v. create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

v. construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

v. cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

v. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

v. put together out of existing material; "compile a list"

v. apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"

v. put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump"

v. to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"

v. transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"

adj. out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance"; "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas"

adj. marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past

adj. primly out of date; "nothing so frumpish as last year's gambling game"

adj. no longer fashionable; "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"

adj. that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"

adj. that is flowing outward

adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

adj. tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder"

adj. disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

adj. doomed to extinction

adj. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

adj. having acquired or gained nothing; "the returned from the negotiations empty-handed"

adj. unable to meet financial obligations; "a failing business venture"

adj. having no points scores; "a scoreless inning"

adj. acting to defeat its own purpose; "it is self-defeating...to ignore the progress of events"

adj. of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"

adj. not one of the first three in a race or competition

adj. having no wins; "the team had a very disappointing winless season"

adj. being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"

adj. originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job"

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

adj. on or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane"

adj. surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities"

adj. regarded with aversion; "he was intensely disliked"

adj. not visited by many travelers; "the tourist's desire to visit less-traveled countries"

adj. not plugged in or connected to a power source; "the iron is disconnected"

adj. drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"

adj. no longer having force or currency: "a dead issue"; "a dead law"

adj. (of a ball) "a ball that is out of play is dead"

adj. not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"

adj. absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the soldier was AWOL for almost a week"

adj. in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness; unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient"

adj. unresponsive to stimulation; "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"

adj. concerning mental functioning that is not represented in consciousness; "nonconscious psychic processes"

adj. (unconscious)

adj. in a state of partial coma

adj. just below the level of consciousness

adj. unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation; "unmentionable words"

adj. forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable"

n. the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date

v. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

v. destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

v. keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

v. take and lift upward

v. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift; "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

adj. holding office; "the in party"

adj. happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"

adj. relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"

adj. having reached a base without being put out; "the runner was called safe when the baseman dropped the ball"

adj. spatial sense; being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"

adj. that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"