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. a garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments

n. a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication

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

v. divide into components or constituents; "Separate the wheat from the chaff"

v. make a division or separation

v. act as a barrier between; stand between; "The mountain range divides the two countries"

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

v. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

v. come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"

v. go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"

v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

v. become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

v. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"

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

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

v. separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"

v. mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"

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. independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

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. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a freestanding bell tower"; "a house with a separate garage"

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

adj. existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"

adj. separated according to race, sex, class, or religion; "separate but equal"; "girls and boys in separate classes"

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

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. have the connection undone; having become separate

adj. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

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"

adj. characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; " a solitary walk"

n. copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

n. a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated

n. a copy that corresponds to an original exactly; "he made a duplicate for the files"

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

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. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

v. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"

v. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

v. vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"

v. remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

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

v. place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

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

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

v. break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered"

v. break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"

v. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

v. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

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

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

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

v. place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"

v. judge to be probable

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

v. distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

v. distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

v. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

v. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

v. separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"

v. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

v. disconnect or separate; "uncouple the hounds"

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

v. break apart or in two, using violence

v. remove from customary environment or associations; "Her busy schedule removed her from her duties as a mother"

v. go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"

v. separate by race or religion; practice a policy of racial segregation; "This neighborhood is segregated"; "We don't segregate in this county"

v. place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

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

v. treat differently on the basis of sex or race

v. break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"

v. be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense; "His modesty distinguishes him from his peers"

v. place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"

v. determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis

v. subject to a medical analysis

adj. distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether"

adj. able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"

adj. existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"

adj. not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"

adj. not inhibited or restrained; "uninhibited exuberance"

adj. not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"

adj. unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"

adj. consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

adj. distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or different) issue altogether"

adj. unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"

adj. serving or tending to divide or separate

adj. free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic"

adj. easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"

adj. unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the particular demands of the job"; "has a particular preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians"; "rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a computer"; "my own special chair"

adj. able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free choice"

adj. independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"

adj. not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"

adj. not inhibited or restrained; "uninhibited exuberance"

adj. not slowed or blocked or interfered with; "an outlet for healthy and unhampered action"; "a priest unhampered by scruple"; "the new stock market was unhampered by tradition"

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. detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm"

adj. lacking a logical or causal relation

adj. separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

adj. characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; " a solitary walk"

adj. providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"

adj. having uniform application; "a single legal code for all"

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"

adj. marked by dejection from being alone; "felt sad and lonely"; "the loneliest night of the week"; "lonesome when her husband is away"; "spent a lonesome hour in the bar"

adj. separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

adj. providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"

adj. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

adj. providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

v. vary in order to spread risk or to expand; "The company diversified"

v. recognize or perceive the difference

v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

v. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

v. do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

v. cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"

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. separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"

adj. free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic"

adj. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

adj. not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"

adj. separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"

adj. not shared

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. attached on one side only; "a semidetached house"

adj. peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting"

adj. marked by or expressing individuality; "an individualistic way of dressing"

adj. "an exception in this particular case"

adj. considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"

adj. being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James

adj. of countries; not relying on imports

adj. (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment

adj. having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction"

adj. (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g. "a x b = b x a"

adj. not parasitic on another organism

adj. separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

adj. responsible for oneself: "now out of college and on their own"

adj. able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit"

adj. financially independent; "now that my children are self-supporting"

adj. without help from others; "a single-handed accomplishment"

adj. marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment

adj. not affiliated

adj. not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else

adj. under forced isolation especially for health reasons; "a quarantined animal"; "isolated patients"

adj. restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"

adj. kept separate and secluded; "a sequestered jury"

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

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

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. "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. not connected to the sternum or breastbone; "asternal ribs"

adj. not fastened together

adj. having the coupling undone; "the uncoupled caboose rolled down the incline"

adj. not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication"

adj. not shared by or among others; "undivided responsibility"

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"

adj. hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior; "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial"; "crimes...and other asocial behavior"; "an antisocial deed"

adj. given to avoiding association with others; "bears are asocial secretive animals"; "are you asocial or do you just enjoy living in the Antarctic?"

adj. characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence"

adj. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

n. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

v. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

v. connect or reduce the distance between

v. move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"

v. make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

v. add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

v. open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated"

v. become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "Will the two Koreas unify?"

v. cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"

v. act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief

v. unite to form a league

v. form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off"

v. become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"

v. mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

v. reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun"

v. make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"

adj. holding office; "the in party"

adj. united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"

adj. done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; "a joint identity"; "the collective mind"; "the corporate good"

adj. forming a whole or aggregate

adj. not independent; "dependent children"

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. not independent; "dependent children"

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. connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks

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"