¹ out adverb

• in a direction away from the inside or center of something
• in or to a place outside of something (such as a building, room, etc.)
• away from home or work

² out preposition

• —used to indicate that a person or animal is looking at something that is outside of a building, room, etc.
• —used to indicate that a person or animal is moving from the inside of a building, room, etc., to the outside

³ out verb

• to tell people that (someone) is a homosexual
• to tell people that (someone) is or does a particular thing
• to become publicly known

⁴ out noun

• the act of causing a player to be out or the situation that exists when a player has been put out
• a way of avoiding an embarrassing or difficult situation