Meaning of OUTGROW
| Pronunciation: | | `awt'grow
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- [v] grow too large for
- [v] grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"
- [v] grow faster than
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| | Synonyms: | | overgrow |
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| | See Also: | | develop, exceed, grow, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outstrip, surmount, surpass | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Out*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.]
1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak.
2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too
aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness;
to outgrow an infirmity.
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| | Related Terms: | | blossom, brew, burgeon, develop, flourish, gather, germinate, grow, grow up, hypertrophy, increase, mature, mushroom, overdevelop, overgrow, overtop, procreate, pullulate, reproduce, shoot up, spring up, sprout, sprout up, thrive, tower, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax |
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