be out of print Definition

print
verb printed, printing

1. To reproduce (text or pictures) on paper with ink, using a printing-press or other mechanical means.
2. To publish (a book, article, etc).

Thesaurus: publish, produce, issue, run off.
tr & intr
3. To write in separate, as opposed to joined-up, letters, in the style of mechanically printed text.
4. To make (a positive photograph) from a negative.
5. To mark (a shape, pattern, etc) in or on a surface by pressure.

Thesaurus: stamp, imprint, impress, reproduce, engrave.
6. To mark designs on (fabric).
7. To fix (a scene) indelibly (on the memory, etc).

noun

1. A mark made on a surface by the pressure of something in contact with it.

Example: pawprint
2. A fingerprint.
3. Hand-done lettering with each letter written separately.
4a. Mechanically printed text, especially one produced on a printing press;

Example: small print


Example: print media
5. A printed publication.
6. A design or picture printed from an engraved wood block or metal plate.

Thesaurus: engraving, picture, lithograph, sketch, reproduction, stamp.
7. A positive photograph made from a negative.
8. A fabric with a printed or stamped design.

Idiom: be in print (be out of print)

Said of a publication: to be currently available, or no longer available, from a publisher.

Etymology: 13c: from French priente, from priembre, from Latin premere to press.

Phrasal Verb: print something out

To produce a printed version, eg of computer data. See also printout.