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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enter a harbor
Example:
the ship called in Athens
Synonyms:
call at; out in
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "out in" is one way to...):
come in; enter; get in; get into; go in; go into; move into (to come or go into)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
The few hours that had passed since he saw the Abbey tower stretched out in his memory until they outgrew whole months of the stagnant life of the cloister.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I've thought it all out in this here lonely island, and I'm back on piety.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
These exceptions are the hundreds of bright areas that stand out in images Dawn has returned.
(Bright Areas on Ceres Suggest Geologic Activity, NASA)
Much of it ends up in the waters through human and animal waste because only small amounts are filtered out in treatment plants or absorbed into the ecosystem.
(Experts Warn Prescription, Over-the-Counter Drugs Polluting World's Rivers, VOA)
The boy took me out in my box, about half an hours walk from the palace, towards the rocks on the sea-shore.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
But if you're out in the hot sun, you'll need a lot more than that.
(Dehydration, NIH)
Most heat illnesses occur from staying out in the heat too long.
(Heat Illness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
I put my hand before my eyes, and cried out in agony, Oh! Take him away! I cannot see him; for God’s sake, do not let him enter!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
An indication or description that the laboratory testing conditions laid out in the study protocol have been met.
(Laboratory Test Protocol Test Conditions Occurrence, NCI Thesaurus)
The next day it came out in the evening papers that Private Miles, of the Coldstream Guards, on duty outside Marlborough House, had deserted his post without leave, and was therefore courtmartialed.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
