out
adverb, preposition (UNCONSCIOUS) /aʊt/Definition
› unconscious or sleeping: He passes out (= loses consciousness) at the sight of blood. I was hit on the head, and I must have been out cold (= completely unconscious) for about ten minutes.Sleep and sleepingLosing consciousness
(Definition of out adverbpreposition (UNCONSCIOUS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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out adverb, preposition (NOT ACCEPTABLE)
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out adverb, preposition (NOT ACCURATE)
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out adverb, preposition (NOT FASHIONABLE)
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out adverb, preposition (OUTSIDE)
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out adverb, preposition (SPORT)
- out adverb, preposition (UNCONSCIOUS)
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out adverb, preposition (VERY)
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out and about idiom
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out and away idiom
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out front idiom
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out loud idiom
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More Results for “out”
SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- bye-byes noun
- catch/cop/get some z's idiom
- comatose adjective
- doss verb
- doze off phrasal verb
- drift off phrasal verb
- flake out phrasal verb
- kip noun
- kip verb
- oversleep verb
- shuteye noun
- sleep noun (NOT AWAKE)
- sleep over phrasal verb
- sleep verb
- sleeper noun (PERSON)
- slept verb
- snooze verb
- somnambulism noun
- soundly adverb (SLEEP)
- your beauty sleep idiom
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