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Nouns (34)

out

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

out

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

turn

n. taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"

turn

n. the act of turning away or in the opposite direction; "he made an abrupt turn away from her"

move, turn

n. (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

twist, turn

n. turning or twisting around (in place); "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"

turning, turn

n. the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right"

play, turn

n. (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play"

turn, good turn

n. a favor for someone; "he did me a good turn"

turning, turn

n. a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"

twist, turn, turn of events

n. an unforeseen development; "events suddenly took an awkward turn"

turn, bend, crook

n. a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

turn, round, bout

n. (sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive

turn, tour, go, spell

n. a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"

act, turn, routine, bit, number

n. a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did"

Verbs (41)

out

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

turn

v. change color; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early"

turn

v. change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"

turn

v. cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"

turn

v. move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

turn, grow

v. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry"

turn, change state

v. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

release, turn

v. let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"

turn, shape by rotating

v. shape by rotating on a lathe or cutting device or a wheel; "turn the legs of the table"; "turn the clay on the wheel"

turn, move around

v. pass to the other side of; "turn the corner"; "move around the obstacle"

turn, turn over

v. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"

out, come out, be disclosed, be revealed

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

turn, reverse, change by reversal

v. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

turn, sour, ferment, go sour

v. go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out"

turn, convert, convince, win over

v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something; "He had finally convinced several customers of the advantages of his product"

turn, become, turn into, turn to

v. undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

turn, wrench, rick, sprain, wrick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

Adverbs (5)

out

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

out, away

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

out, away from home

adv. "They went out last night"

Adjectives (30)

out

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

out

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

out

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

out

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

out, exterior

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

out, outlying

adj. outer or outlying; "the out islands"

out, unfashionable

adj. (unpopular)

out, retired

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

out, extinct, extinguished, quenched

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

out, gone, away

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"

out, kayoed, KO'd, stunned, knocked out

adj. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

out, taboo, tabu, prohibited, forbidden, proscribed

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

Fuzzynyms (234)

change

n. the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"

coming, approach, approaching

n. the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

act, action

n. something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

production

n. the act or process of producing something; "Shakespeare's production of poetry was enormous"; "the production of white blood cells"

deed, feat, effort, exploit

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

spin

n. a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)

change, alteration, modification

n. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"

surprise

n. a sudden unexpected event

variation, fluctuation

n. an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change

recession, recess, corner, niche

n. a small concavity

twist, twirl, kink

n. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

angle

n. the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

game

n. a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"

session, academic term, school term

n. the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term"

period, period of time, amount of time, time period

n. an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

round, rhythm, cycle

n. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; "the never-ending cycle of the seasons"

stretch, stint

n. an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

continuance, duration

n. the period of time during which something continues

period, period of time, amount of time, time period

n. an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

term

n. a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"

stretch, stint

n. an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"

season

n. a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"

show

n. a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"

simulation, model

n. representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

squeeze, force, wedge

v. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

turn

v. cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"

turn, turn over

v. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"

spin, twirl, whirl, birl

v. cause to spin; "spin a coin"

aim, take, train, direct, take aim

v. aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

apply

v. ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

turn

v. move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

turn

aim, take, train, direct, take aim

bend, deflect, turn away

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

bend

v. change direction; "The road bends"

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

squeeze, force, wedge

v. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

turn

v. cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"

turn, turn over

v. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"

spin, whirl, reel, gyrate, spin around

v. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

twiddle, twirl, whirl, swirl

v. turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

wheel, wheel around

v. change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left"

aim, take, train, direct, take aim

bend, deflect, turn away

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

bend

v. change direction; "The road bends"

oscillate, vibrate

v. move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

waver, fluctuate, vacillate

v. sway to and fro

pirouette

v. do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

hold, go for, apply

v. be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"

carry, bear, expect

v. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"

bear, birth, have, deliver, birthe, give birth to, give birth

v. cause_to_be_born; "My wife had twins yesterday!"

remit

v. send (money) in payment; "remit $25"

release, free

v. make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

undo, cause to become undone

v. cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

turn

v. move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

turn

aim, take, train, direct, take aim

bend, deflect, turn away

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

bend

v. change direction; "The road bends"

force out, evict

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

retreat, withdraw, recede, pull back, draw back, move back

v. pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

disengage, withdraw

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

sparkle, fizz, foam, froth, effervesce

v. form bubbles; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"

peter out, taper off, fizzle, fizzle out

v. end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

bubble, form bubbles, produce bubbles

v. form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"

churn, stir vigorously

v. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter

buzz, hum, seethe

v. be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with activity"

cause, make, have, stimulate, get, induce

v. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"

assure, convince

v. assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe"

baptize, baptise, christen

v. administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"

implement, apply, enforce, ensure obedience to

v. ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone";

pull, draw, force

v. cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"

detach

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

come off, detach, come away

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

remove, take out, move out

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

transfer, remove

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

disengage, withdraw

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

twist, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

lure, tempt, entice

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

defunct

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

obsolete

adj. no longer in use; "obsolete words"

wildcat, unauthorized

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

banned, prohibited

adj. forbidden by law

illegitimate, outlaw, unlawful, illicit, outlawed

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

wrong, incorrect

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"

unutterable, ineffable, unspeakable, unnameable

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

Synonyms (117)

turn back, backtrack, double back

v. retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back"

turn to, go to, call on, appeal to, call upon

v. have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to; "She called on her Representative to help her"; "She turned to her relatives for help"

address, turn to, speak to

v. speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window"

turn, become, turn into, turn to

v. undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

turn around, pick up

v. get better; "Her performance in school picked up"

switch, shift, turn around, change over

v. make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"

put off, turn off, piss off

v. cause to feel intense dislike or distaste

revolt, disgust, repel, turn off, fill with distaste

v. fill with distaste; "This spoilt food disgusts me"

turn on, switch on

v. cause to operate by flipping a switch; "switch on the light"; "turn on the stereo"

cut, switch, turn out, switch off, turn off

v. cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"

turn, change state

v. undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

antique, old-fashioned, out-of-date, outmoded, demode, old-hat, passe, passee, old hat, out of fashion, out of style, démodé

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

dated

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

dowdy, frumpy, frumpish

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

prehistoric

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

outward, departing, outbound, outward-bound

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

effluent, outflowing

adj. that is flowing outward

past, retiring, preceding

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

attempted

adj. tried unsuccessfully; "attempted murder"

defeated, frustrated, disappointed, foiled, thwarted

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"

undone, ruined, done for, sunk, washed-up

adj. doomed to extinction

down-and-out

adj. lacking resources (or any prospect of resources)

empty-handed, unrewarded

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

failing, failed

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

hitless, scoreless, goalless

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

self-defeating

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

unfulfilled, unrealized

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

unplaced

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

winless

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

outer

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

outside

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

outermost, outmost

adj. situated at the farthest possible point from a center

outside

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

satellite

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

disliked

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

less-traveled

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

disconnected

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

drained, run-down

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

invalid, irrelevant

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

out of play

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

lacking, wanting, nonexistent, missing

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

truant, awol

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

comatose

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

senseless, insensible

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

nonconscious

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

out cold

adj. (unconscious)

semicomatose

adj. in a state of partial coma

subconscious

adj. just below the level of consciousness

unmentionable

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

untouchable

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

Antonyms (12)

work

n. activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"

spectacular

n. a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a Christmas spectacular"

dissuade, deter

v. turn away from by persuasion; "Negative campaigning will only dissuade people"

adj. holding office; "the in party"

internal

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

inside

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"

safe

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

present

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"

permissible

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

in, inside an enclosed space

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

turn out

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