outer Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective being on the outside or further from a center
   
   • spent hours adorning the outer man
   • the outer suburbs
2. adjective satellite located outside
   
   • outer reality
3. adjective satellite being on or toward the outside of the body
   
   • the outer ear
4. adjective not allowed to continue to bat or run
   out.
   
   • he was tagged out at second on a close play
   • he fanned out
5. adjective satellite being out or having grown cold
   extinct; out.
   
   • threw his extinct cigarette into the stream
   • the fire is out
6. adjective satellite not worth considering as a possibility
   out.
   
   • a picnic is out because of the weather
7. adjective satellite out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
   out.
   
   • now the Democrats are out
8. adjective satellite excluded from use or mention
   proscribed; forbidden; tabu; prohibited; verboten; taboo; out.
   
   • forbidden fruit
   • in our house dancing and playing cards were out
   • a taboo subject
9. adjective satellite directed outward or serving to direct something outward
   out.
   
   • the out doorway
   • the out basket
10. adjective satellite no longer fashionable
    out.
    
    • that style is out these days
11. adjective satellite outside or external
    out.
    
    • the out surface of a ship's hull
12. adjective satellite outer or outlying
    out.
    
    • the out islands
13. adjective satellite knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
    kayoed; out; knocked out; stunned; KO'd.
    

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