What does out mean?

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[n] (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball(you only get 3 outs per inning)[v] to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality(This actor outed last year)[a] not allowed to continue to bat or run(he was tagged out at second on a close play he fanned o

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

[v] to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
(This actor outed last year)

[a] not allowed to continue to bat or run
(he was tagged out at second on a close play he fanned out)

[r] away from home
(they went out last night)

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

[a] being out or having grown cold
(threw his extinct cigarette into the stream the fire is out)

[r] moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one that is enclosed or hidden
(the cat came out from under the bed)

[v] be made known; be disclosed or revealed
(The truth will out)

[a] not worth considering as a possibility
(a picnic is out because of the weather)

[r] from one's possession
(he gave out money to the poor gave away the tickets)

[a] out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
(now the Democrats are out)

[a] excluded from use or mention
(forbidden fruit in our house dancing and playing cards were out a taboo subject)

[a] directed outward or serving to direct something outward
(the out doorway the out basket)

[a] no longer fashionable
(that style is out these days)

[a] outside or external
(the out surface of a ship's hull)

[a] outer or outlying
(the out islands)

[a] knocked unconscious by a heavy blow

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