Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - out

 I. adverb  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ut; akin to Old High German uz ~, Greek hysteros later, Sanskrit ud up, ~  Date: before 12th century  1.  a.  (1) in a direction away from the inside or center went ~ into the garden  (2) ~side it's raining ~  b. from among others  c. away from the shore  d. away from home or work ~ to lunch  e. away from a particular place  2.  a. so as to be missing or displaced from the usual or proper place left a word ~ threw his shoulder ~  b. into the possession or control of another lend ~ money  c. into a state of loss or defeat was voted ~  d. into a state of vexation they do not mark me, and that brings me ~ — Shakespeare  e. into groups or shares sorted ~ her notes parceled ~ the farm  3.  a. to the point of depletion, extinction, or exhaustion the food ran ~ turn the light ~ all tuckered ~  b. to completion or satisfaction hear me ~ work the problem ~  c. to the full or a great extent or degree all decked ~ stretched ~ on the floor  4.  a. in or into the open the sun came ~  b. ~ loud cried ~  c. in or into public circulation the evening paper isn't ~ yet hand ~ pamphlets the library book is still ~  5.  a. at an end before the day is ~  b. in or into an insensible or unconscious state she was ~ cold  c. in or into a useless state landed the plane with one engine ~  d. so as to end the offensive turn of another player, a side, or oneself in baseball threw him ~ fly ~  6. — used on a two-way radio circuit to indicate that a message is complete and no reply is expected  II. verb  Date: before 12th century  transitive verb  1. eject, oust  2. to identify publicly as being such secretly wanted to ~ pot smokers; especially to identify as being a closet homosexual  intransitive verb to become publicly known the truth will ~  III. preposition  Date: 13th century — used as a function word to indicate an ~ward movement ran ~ the door looked ~ the window  IV. adjective  Date: 13th century  1.  a. situated ~side ; external  b. ~-of-bounds  2. situated at a distance ; ~lying the ~ islands  3. not being in power  4. absent  5. removed by the defense from play as a batter or base runner in a baseball inning two men ~  6. directed ~ward or serving to direct something ~ward the ~ basket  7. not being in vogue or fashion  8. not to be considered ; ~ of the question  9. determined 1 was ~ to get revenge  10. engaged in or attempting a particular activity won on his first time ~  11. publicly known or identified as a homosexual  V. noun  Date: 1717  1. ~side  2. one who is ~ of office or power or on the ~side a matter of ~s versus ins  3.  a. an act or instance of putting a player ~ or of being put ~ in baseball  b. a player that is put ~  4. a way of escaping from an embarrassing or difficult situation