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