n. a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property

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 return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

n. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

n. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

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

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

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

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

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

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. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

adj. being divided or separated; "split between love and hate"

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"

n. the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

n. the act of making a sudden noisy break

n. the act of dividing or disconnecting

n. division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

n. a narrow fissure in rock

n. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

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

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

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

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

v. consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

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

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

v. assign to a station

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"

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

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

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

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

v. engage somebody to enter the army

adj. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

adj. having edges that are jagged from injury

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. grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook"

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. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

adj. of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"

adj. having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse"

adj. damaged or destroyed by or as if by fire: "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"; "a burned-out picture tube"

adj. suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon"

adj. eaten away as by acid or oxidation

adj. of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

adj. having the surface damaged or disfigured

adj. damaged inanimate objects or their value

adj. damaged; "the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny"

adj. (of compositions e.g.) damaged; "a mutilated text"

adj. having the paint loose and peeling away; "a dilapidated house with peeling paint"; "peeling row houses"

adj. having surface damage

adj. damaged by storm

adj. consisting of two chambers; "the bicameral heart of a fish"

adj. divided into two lobes; "a bifid petal"

adj. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"

adj. divided into or made up of two parts; "socially bifurcated populations"

adj. divided into or containing two cells or chambers; "having a bilocular capsule"

adj. used esp. of leaves

adj. having compartmental chambers; "a spiral chambered seashell"

adj. used of hooves

adj. divided up into compartments or categories; "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"

adj. divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications

adj. taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl"

adj. having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

adj. having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"

adj. of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together"

adj. having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters

adj. of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone; "mullioned windows"

adj. divided by partitions

adj. having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork"

adj. consisting of or divided into sections; "a sectional sofa"; "sectioned plates"

adj. not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"

adj. "opinions are divided"

adj. divided again after a first division, e.g. of a tract of land, divided into lots

adj. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

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"

v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

v. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

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"