<B>outbrave, </B>transitive verb, <B>-braved,</B> <B>-braving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to face bravely, especially with a show of defiance. <DD><B> 2. </B>to be braver than; surpass in daring or courage. <BR> <I>Ex. I would ... Outbrave the heart most daring on earth ... To win thee, lady (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to outdo or excel, as in beauty, splendor, or finery. </DL>
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<B>outbreak, </B>noun, verb, <B>-broke,</B> <B>-broken,</B> <B>-breaking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a breaking out. <BR> <I>Ex. outbreaks of anger.</I> (SYN) outburst. <DD><B> 2. </B>a public disturbance; riot. <BR> <I>Ex. The outbreak was mastered by the police in two hours.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> (Archaic.) to break out; burst forth. <BR> <I>Ex. The blare of horns outbroke (William Morris).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outbreed">
<B>outbreed, </B>transitive verb, <B>-bred,</B> <B>-breeding.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to breed from individuals or stocks that are not closely related. </DL>
<A NAME="outbreeding">
<B>outbreeding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a breeding from individuals or stocks that are not closely related. </DL>
<A NAME="outbuild">
<B>outbuild, </B>transitive verb, <B>-built,</B> <B>-building.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to build more or better than. </DL>
<A NAME="outbuilding">
<B>outbuilding, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a shed or building built against or near a main building. <BR> <I>Ex. Barns are outbuildings on a farm.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outburn">
<B>outburn, </B>verb, <B>-burned</B> or <B>-burnt,</B> <B>-burning.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to burn out, or until consumed. <BR> <I>Ex. She burn'd out love, as soon as straw outburneth (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to surpass in burning; burn brighter than. <BR> <I>Ex. We lit Lamps which outburn'd Canopus (Tennyson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outburst">
<B>outburst, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of bursting forth. <BR> <I>Ex. an outburst of laughter, an outburst of anger, an outburst of smoke.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a sunspot or stellar explosion. <DD><B> 3. </B>an outbreak; violent disorder; riot. <BR> <I>Ex. racial outbursts.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outbye">
<B>outbye</B> or <B>outby, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) out a little way; outside. <BR> <I>Ex. Step outbye to the door a minute (Robert Louis Stevenson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outcast">
<B>outcast</B> (1), noun, adjective, verb, <B>-cast,</B> <B>-casting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person or animal cast out from home and friends. <BR> <I>Ex. Criminals are outcasts of society. That kitten was just a little outcast when we found it. Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world (Hawthorne).</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>refuse; offal. <DD><B> b. </B>a plant thrown out from a garden. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>being an outcast; homeless; friendless. <DD><B> 2. </B>(of things) rejected; discarded. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cast out; reject; banish. <BR> <I>Ex. The patient was outcast by society, left on a barren island (Philip Hope-Wallace).</I> </DL>
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<B>outcast</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) a falling out; quarrel. </DL>
<A NAME="outcaste">
<B>outcaste, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> in India: <DD><B> 1. </B>a Hindu who has lost or is put out of his caste. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person not of one of the four principal castes, such as a Pariah; person without caste or of so low a caste as to be for all practical purposes without caste; an untouchable. Such persons were formerly denied virtually all ordinary social privileges. This is now forbidden by law under the constitution of the Republic of India. </DL>
<A NAME="outclass">
<B>outclass, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to be of higher class than; be much better than. <BR> <I>Ex. ... and found themselves outclassed financially and socially by the flashy ringside crew (Harper's).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outclimb">
<B>outclimb, </B>transitive verb, <B>-climbed</B> or (Archaic) <B>-clomb,</B> <B>-climbing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to surpass in climbing. <BR> <I>Ex. This ... truck can outspeed, outclimb, outdo any other VW Truck on the road today (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outcome">
<B>outcome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a result; consequence. <BR> <I>Ex. the outcome of a race.</I> (SYN) upshot, issue. </DL>
<A NAME="outcrop">
<B>outcrop, </B>noun, verb, <B>-cropped,</B> <B>-cropping.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the state or fact of a rock, stratum, or the like, coming to the surface of the earth. <BR> <I>Ex. the outcrop of a vein of coal.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a part that comes to the surface; such rock exposed at the surface or covered only by soil. <BR> <I>Ex. The outcrop that we found proved to be very rich in gold.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to come to the surface; appear. <BR> <I>Ex. a field outcropped with many boulders.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outcropping">
<B>outcropping, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act or fact of cropping out. <DD><B> 2. </B>a part that crops out. </DL>
<A NAME="outcross">
<B>outcross, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to subject to outcrossing. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cross with an unrelated breed or race; outbreed. <DD><I>noun </I> the offspring resulting from outcrossing. </DL>
<A NAME="outcrossing">
<B>outcrossing, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the mating of livestock of different strains but the same breed. </DL>
<A NAME="outcry">
<B>outcry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cries,</B> verb, <B>-cried,</B> <B>-crying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a crying out; sudden cry or scream. (SYN) shout. <DD><B> 2. </B>a great noise or clamor. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) an outcry of disgust by the students and teachers.</I> (SYN) uproar. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Archaic.) an auction. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to outdo in clamor; shout down. </DL>
<A NAME="outcurve">
<B>outcurve, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a baseball pitch that curves away from the batter. </DL>
<A NAME="outdare">
<B>outdare, </B>transitive verb, <B>-dared</B> or <B>-durst,</B> <B>-dared,</B> <B>-daring.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to dare or meet defiantly; outbrave. <BR> <I>Ex. And boldly did outdare The dangers of the time (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to surpass in daring. </DL>
<A NAME="outdate">
<B>outdate, </B>transitive verb, <B>-dated,</B> <B>-dating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to make out of date or obsolete. <BR> <I>Ex. Constantly improving communications are steaidly outdating many of the old reasons for divided authority (Roderick Haig-Brown).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outdated">
<B>outdated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> out-of-date; old-fashioned. <BR> <I>Ex. Some outdated dances, such as the Charleston, are still danced sometimes for fun. Good manners can never become outdated.</I> (SYN) obsolete. </DL>
<A NAME="outdid">
<B>outdid, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense of <B>outdo.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. The girls outdid the boys in neatness.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outdistance">
<B>outdistance, </B>transitive verb, <B>-tanced,</B> <B>-tancing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to leave behind; outstrip. <BR> <I>Ex. The winner outdistanced all the other runners in the race. (Figurative.) The Bolsheviks brought out a paper called Pravda (Truth) in April, and its circulation outdistanced the Menshevik paper (Edmund Wilson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outdo">
<B>outdo, </B>transitive verb, <B>-did,</B> <B>-done,</B> <B>-doing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to do more or better than; surpass. <BR> <I>Ex. Men will outdo boys in most things.</I> (SYN) exceed, beat. noun <B>outdoer.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="outdone">
<B>outdone, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past participle of <B>outdo.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. The girls were outdone by the boys in baseball.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outdoor">
<B>outdoor, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>done, used, or living outdoors. <BR> <I>Ex. outdoor games, an outdoor meal.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>designed for the outdoors; open-air. <BR> <I>Ex. an outdoor theater.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>outside a hospital, poorhouse, or other institution, as a person supported by public or private charity, but not living in an institution. <BR> <I>Ex. outdoor relief.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outdoors">
<B>outdoors, </B>adverb, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adv. </I> out in the open air; not indoors or in the house. <BR> <I>Ex. to sleep outdoors.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the world outside of houses; the open air. <BR> <I>Ex. We must protect the wildlife of the great outdoors.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> outdoor; outdoorsy. <BR> <I>Ex. outdoors clothing, outdoors sports.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outdoorsman">
<B>outdoorsman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a man, such as a hunter, fisherman, or camper, who spends much time outdoors for pleasure. </DL>
<A NAME="outdoorsy">
<B>outdoorsy, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characteristic of or suitable for the outdoors or for outdoorsmen. <BR> <I>Ex. outdoorsy clothing.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outdraw">
<B>outdraw, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb, <B>-drew,</B> <B>-drawn,</B> <B>-drawing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to attract more people or attention than (something else). <BR> <I>Ex. The football games outdrew all the other college sports combined.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to pull out a pistol, sword, or other weapon faster than (an opponent). </DL>
<A NAME="outdrive">
<B>outdrive, </B>transitive verb, <B>-drove,</B> <B>-driven,</B> <B>-driving.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to drive a vehicle faster or more skillfully than (someone else). <DD><B> 2. </B>to drive a golf ball farther than (someone else). </DL>
<A NAME="outen">
<B>outen, </B>preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) out; out of; out from. </DL>
<A NAME="outer">
<B>outer, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>on the outside; external. <BR> <I>Ex. an outer garment. Shingles are used as an outer covering for many roofs.</I> (SYN) exterior. <DD><B> 2. </B>farther out from a center. <BR> <I>Ex. the sun's outer corona.</I> (SYN) outward. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who publicly discloses information, especially of a private nature, about an individual. <BR> <I>Ex. The gleam in the eyes of the outers ... is the gleam of the authoritarian (New Republic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="outercity">
<B>outer city,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the outskirts of a city; suburbs. </DL>
<A NAME="outercoat">
<B>outercoat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coat worn over the regular clothing, such as a topcoat or overcoat, but usually not a raincoat. </DL>
<A NAME="outercore">
<B>outer core,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the third of the four layers of the earth, lying between the mantle and the inner core. </DL>
<A NAME="outerdirected">
<B>outer-directed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> outgoing; sociable; extroverted. <BR> <I>Ex. ... almost 28 per cent feel that a minister should be an "outer-directed person" or "radiant personality" (Time).</I> </DL>
