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out-(6)(page 1) (iou)



out- combining form.
[-'bri:ed] adjective1 breathed out L16.
outbreathed adjective2 put out of breath L16.
out'build verb trans. (a) surpass in (durability of) building; (b) poet. build out: M18.
out'burn verb (a) verb intrans. (rare, Shakes.) burn out or away, be consumed; (b) verb trans. burn longer than: L16.
out'buy verb trans. (a) ransom, buy out or off; (b) outdo in buying, buy more than: ME.
out-'by adverb & adjective (Scot. & north.) (a) adverb (to the) outside; (b) adjective a short distance away or out; outside, in the open: LME.
outcall noun a visit made to a client in his (or her) own home by a prostitute L20.
outcamp noun (chiefly N. Amer.) a camp at some distance from a main camp: M19.
out'cant verb trans. surpass or excel in using cant M17.
out'carry verb trans. (a) carry out, accomplish; (b) Nautical carry more sail than; outsail: M16.
outcaste noun & adjective (a person who is) outside or put out of his or her caste, (a person) without a caste: L19.
out'caste verb trans. deprive (a person) of his or her caste: M19.
out'charm verb trans. charm better than E18.
out'climb verb trans. outdo in climbing; climb or ascend beyond: E17.
out-college adjective (of a college member) not living in college M19.
outcom'pete verb trans. surpass, excel, or outdo in competition; overpower or defeat: L19.
out'countenance verb trans. (long arch.) put out of countenance, outface L16.
out-county adjective coming from or situated outside a particular county M20.
outcrafty verb trans. (rare, Shakes.) outwit: only in E17.
out-cricket noun (Cricket) bowling and fielding as opp. to batting L19.
out-cue noun (Broadcasting) a cue indicating or announcing the end of a particular recording or transmission M20.
outcut verb trans. cut out or away, excise M17-M19.
out'dance verb trans. surpass in dancing M17.
out'dare verb trans. (now rare) (a) overcome by daring, defy; (b) surpass in daring: L16.
out'date verb trans. make out of date or obsolete M17.
out'dated adjective out of date; obsolete; antiquated: E17.
out'datedness noun the state of being outdated M20.
out'dazzle verb trans. outshine E18.
out'distance verb trans. leave (a competitor) far behind; outstrip: M19.
outdraught noun an outward draught or current, esp. of air M19.
out'dream verb trans. (rare) (a) expel by dreams; (b) dream to an end: E17.
out'dress verb trans. dress more finely than L18.
out'drink verb trans. outdo in drinking, drink more than LME.
outdwell verb trans. (rare, Shakes.) stay beyond (a time): only in L16.
outdweller noun a person who lives outside or away from a certain place LME.
out'eat verb trans. (a) outdo in eating, eat more than; (b) erode, eat away: M16.
outfall noun (a) an outlet, esp. the mouth of a river; (b) (long rare or obsolete) a sally, a sortie; (c) Scot. & north. a quarrel: E17.
out'fast verb trans. outdo in fasting, fast longer than M17.
out'fight verb trans. (a) take by assault, conquer; (b) fight better than, beat in a fight: LME.
outfighting noun fighting that is not at close quarters M19.
outflame noun a fiery outburst L19.
out'flame verb (poet.) (a) verb trans. surpass in fieriness; (b) verb intrans. burst into flame or brilliancy: M19.
outflash noun (chiefly fig.) an act of flashing out M19.
out'flash verb (a) verb trans. outshine; (b) verb intrans. flash out: M19.
out'fling verb trans. & intrans. (poet.) fling (oneself) out LME.
out'flourish verb trans. (a) unsheath and flourish (a weapon); (b) flourish longer than: L16.
outflush noun an outward movement like that of blood flushing the face M19.
out'fly verb (a) verb intrans. (poet.) fly out; (b) verb trans. outstrip or surpass in flying: ME.
out'fool verb trans. outdo in folly or fooling M17.
out'foot verb trans. outpace, outstrip M18.
outfort noun an outlying fort E17.
out'fox verb trans. outdo in cunning, outwit M20.
out'front verb trans. confront, face M17.
out'frown verb trans. outdo in frowning; prevail over by frowning: E17.
out'gallop verb trans. outstrip in galloping E17.
out'general verb trans. outdo in generalship; get the better of by superior strategy or tactics: M18.
out'give verb (a) verb intrans. & trans. give out; (b) verb trans. give more than: L15.
outgiving noun & adjective (a) noun the action or fact of giving something out; a thing which is given out; in pl., payments; (b) adjective generous, open-hearted: M16.
out'glare verb trans. outdo in dazzling effect; be more glaring or flagrant than: M17.
out'glitter verb trans. surpass in glitter or splendour M17.
out'glow verb trans. glow more brightly than L19.
out'gross verb trans. surpass (another film, project, etc.) in gross takings or profit M20.
out-guard noun a guard placed at a distance from the main body of an army; an advanced guard: E17.
out'guess verb trans. outwit by guessing more shrewdly; anticipate the actions etc. of (a person): E20.
out'gun verb trans. (a) be more heavily armed than, surpass in power or strength; (b) shoot better than: L17.
outgush noun the act of gushing out; a sudden strong outflow: M19.
out'gush verb intrans. gush out M16.
out-half noun (Rugby Football) a fly-half M20.
out'hector verb trans. outdo in hectoring; bully, intimidate: L17.
out'hold verb trans. (rare) (a) hold out, extend; (b) hold back; withstand; (c) continue to hold: LME.
out'howl verb trans. outdo in howling; howl louder than: M17.
out'humour verb trans. (rare) (a) disrupt the humour or mood of; (b) outdo in humour: E17.
outjet noun a part that juts out, a projection M18.
out'jockey verb trans. outwit by cunning E18.
out'juggle verb trans. outdo in juggling E17.
out'jump verb trans. surpass in jumping M17.
out'jut verb intrans. jut out, project E17.
out'kick verb trans. (rare) (a) outdo in kicking; (b) dismiss: L18.
out'labour verb trans. surpass in labour or endurance M17.
out'last verb trans. last longer than or beyond; survive: L16.
out'laugh verb trans. (a) deride, ridicule; (b) outdo in laughing: L15.
outleap noun an act of leaping out; an escape, a sally; fig. an outburst: ME.
out'leap verb (a) verb trans. leap over or beyond; surpass or excel in leaping; (b) verb intrans. (poet.) leap out or forth: E17.
out'lie verb1 (rare) (a) verb intrans. lie out in the open air, camp out; (b) verb trans. lie beyond or on the outside of: E19.
out'lie verb2 trans. outdo in telling lies L16.
out-lot noun (US, obsolete exc. Hist.) a plot of ground outside a town or other area M17.
out'love verb trans. outdo in loving E17.
out'lung verb trans. (rare) surpass in lung-power, outshout M18.
out'lustre verb trans. surpass in lustre, outshine E17.
outmaking noun the discernment of meaning L17-E18.
outman noun a person who lives or works outside an area; an outsider: L15-L19.
out'man verb trans. (a) outnumber; (b) surpass in manly qualities: L17.
outmarch noun an outward march on an expedition, an advance M19.
out'march verb trans. outdo or outstrip in marching M17.
out'master verb trans. overcome in a struggle for mastery L18.
out'match verb trans. be more than a match for (an adversary etc.); surpass: E17.
out'measure verb trans. exceed in quantity or extent M17.
outmigrant noun a person who has migrated from one place to another, esp. in the same country M20.
outmigration noun the action of migrating from one place to another, esp. in the same country M20.
out-mouth noun a projecting mouth M17-M18.
out'mouth verb trans. speak more loudly than; outdo in boasting: E17.
outmove verb trans. surpass in moving; defeat by a move, as in chess: M17-L19.
out'muscle verb trans. dominate or defeat by virtue of superior strength or force L20.
out'noise verb trans. make more noise than M17.
out'number verb trans. exceed in number L16.
out'paint verb trans. outdo in painting L17.
out'peep verb intrans. (poet.) peep out E17.
out-pension noun a pension paid by a residential institution to a person not required to live in it E18.
out-pensioner noun a person receiving an out-pension E18.
out'plan verb trans. outdo in planning L18.
out'plot verb trans. outmanoeuvre L17.
out'pocketing noun (Biology) an outward movement of part of a surface to form a protruding pocket-like cavity; the cavity so formed: E20.
out'poise verb trans. outweigh M17.
out'poll verb trans. receive more votes than (an opponent) E18.
outpo'sition verb trans. gain a positional advantage over (an opponent), esp. on a sports field E20.
out'power verb trans. exceed in power or strength, now esp. in a sport or game M17.
out'pray verb (a) verb intrans. pray vehemently; (b) verb trans. outdo in praying: LME.
out'preach verb trans. (a) outdo in preaching, preach more or better than; (b) put out of existence by preaching: M17.
outprize verb trans. exceed in value or estimation E17-M19.
out'promise verb trans. outdo in promising L17.
out'punch verb trans. (Boxing) surpass (an opponent) in punching ability M20.
out-quarter noun a military station away from a regiment's headquarters (usu. in pl.) M17.
outquench verb trans. extinguish: only in 16.
outquencher noun (Hist.) = SNUFFER noun1 M16.
out'race verb trans. outrun, outstrip M17.
out'rail verb (a) verb intrans. rail at a person; (b) verb trans. outdo in railing: M17.
out'range verb trans. (of a firearm) exceed in range M19.
out'rank verb trans. be superior in rank to; take priority over: M19.
out'rant verb trans. exceed in ranting M17.
out'rate verb trans. (orig. Scot.) surpass, outdo, esp. in ratings, points scored, etc. L19.
out'read verb trans. (a) read to the end of; (b) outdo in reading, read more than: E17.
out'reason verb trans. overcome by reasoning or argument M17.
out'reckon verb trans. (a) exceed in reckoning; (b) rare overestimate: E17.
out'reign verb (a) verb intrans. reign longer than all others; (b) verb trans. reign longer than or beyond: LME.
out-rent noun rent paid out L15-L18.
out'roll verb trans. roll out, unroll, unfurl L16.
outroom noun an outlying room; an outbuilding: E17.
out'row verb trans. outdo or outstrip in rowing M16.
out'sail verb trans. sail faster or better than; fig. outstrip, surpass: E17.
out'scold verb trans. get the better of in scolding L16.
out'score verb trans. score more than in a game M20.
out'search verb trans. (rare) search out; explore: E16.
out'see verb trans. (a) surpass in sight or insight; (b) see beyond: E17.
outsettlement noun an outlying or remote settlement M18.
outsettler noun (a) a settler outside a district or in its outlying parts; (b) an emigrant: M18.
out'shame verb trans. outdo in shamefulness; put to shame: M17.
out'shop verb trans. send (a vehicle) out from a workshop or factory as a newly finished product M20.
out'shout verb trans. shout louder than M17.
out'shove verb trans. shove harder or more effectively than M20.
out'shrill verb trans. (poet.) make a shriller noise than, exceed in shrillness E17.
out'sin verb trans. (now rare or obsolete) (a) sin more than; (b) forfeit or exhaust (the grace of God etc.) by sinning: E17.
out'sing verb trans. outdo or excel in singing E17.
out'sit verb trans. sit beyond the time or duration of (something); sit longer than (another person): M17.
out'sleep verb trans. sleep through or beyond; sleep longer than: L16.
out'soar verb trans. (poet., chiefly fig.) soar higher than; rise above or beyond: L17.
outsole noun the outer sole of a boot or shoe, esp. a sports shoe L19.
outsource verb trans. (Commerce, chiefly N. Amer.) obtain (goods etc.) by contract from an outside source; contract (work) out: L20.
outsourcing noun (Commerce, chiefly N. Amer.) the obtaining of goods or contracting of work from sources outside a company or area L20.
out'sparkle verb trans. outdo in sparkling; sparkle more than: M17.
out'speed verb trans. surpass in speed; move, run, etc., faster than: M17.
out'spend verb trans. (a) exhaust or use up (a resource etc.); (b) spend more than: LME.
out'spin verb (a) verb intrans. (rare, Spenser) gush out; (b) verb trans. spin out (a thread etc.): L16.
out'stare verb trans. stare longer or harder than; abash by staring: L16.
out'stay verb trans. (a) stay beyond the limit of; overstay (outstay one's welcome: see WELCOME noun2 1); (b) stay or endure longer than: E17.
out'steal verb trans. & intrans. (poet.) steal or slip away (from) furtively ME.
out'stink verb trans. smell or stink more than E17.
out'strain verb trans. (poet.) strain or stretch out tightly L16.
out'stream verb intrans. (poet.) stream or flow out ME.
out'stride verb trans. (literary) overtake by striding; exceed in length of stride: E17.
out'strike verb trans. (poet.) (a) strike out (writing etc.); (b) strike more or heavier blows than: LME.
out'strip verb1 trans. (a) pass in running etc.; outrun; (b) fig. surpass in competition; exceed in comparison with: L16.
out'strip verb2 trans. (joc.) outdo in stripping; wear or be reduced to less clothing than: L19.
out'swagger verb trans. outdo in swaggering E17.
out'swear verb trans. outdo in swearing; overcome or defeat by swearing: L16.
out'sweeten verb trans. (poet.) surpass in sweetness E17.
out'swell verb trans. (a) swell out more than; (b) swell beyond (a limit etc.): E17.
out'swim verb trans. swim faster or further than E17.
out-'talk verb trans. outdo in talking; overwhelm by talking: L16.
out-'tell verb trans. (rare) tell about; express, declare: LME.
out-'think verb trans. (a) rare devise by thinking; (b) outwit; think one's way out of: LME.
out-'thunder verb trans. thunder louder than E17.
out-'toil verb trans. (a) exhaust with toil; (b) toil harder or longer than: E17.
out-'tongue verb trans. (poet.) (a) silence (a person, speech, etc.); (b) surpass in power of speech or eloquence: E17.
out-'top verb trans. rise above; surmount: E17.
out-'trade verb trans. surpass or outdo in trading L17.
out-'travel verb trans. travel beyond or further than; travel faster than: E17.
out-tray noun a tray for outgoing documents in an office M20.
out-'trick verb trans. surpass in or defeat by trickery L17.
out-'trot verb trans. excel in or overtake by trotting M16.
out-'trump verb trans. (chiefly fig.) outdo in or defeat by trumping at cards E19.
out'value verb trans. surpass in value E17.
out'vie verb trans. (now rare) outdo in competition or rivalry L16.
out'villain verb trans. (rare) surpass in villainy E17.
out'voice verb trans. (now rare) speak louder than; make a louder noise than: L16.
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