Out and about

Today, a non-exhaustive list of the most interesting nouns (substantives) that can be created out of the word "out"

• Outbound
• Outbreak
• Outburst
• Outcomes
• Outfit
• Outgoing
• Outlast
• Outlaw
• Outlet
• Outline
• Outlook
• Outpost
• Output
• Outreach
• Outrun
• Outset
• Outshine
• Outside
• Outskirts
• Outspoken - outspokenness
• Outward
• Outwit

And, as an extra-jab of words, two adjectives with "out":

• outspokenness
• outstanding

And nooooow : find the best definition for each of them!
Good luck!

5 May 2010

Words of the day:


to dawdle:
intransitive verb, pejorative, regular.
To walk very slowly.

to dawdle over something
Related article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8662249.stm (a man stops the traffic by pressing repeatedly on the pedestrian crossing button and dawdling on the pellican crossing - to protest against big trucks going through his little town)

to drown
transitive verb, regular.
The action of dying in water

First meaning: to be drown / to drown oneself.
Abstract meaning: I will drown myself in coffee! (My manager, this morning, via SMS)