out-top en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /aʊt tɒp/
Etymology
From out- + top.
Meanings
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(transitive) To have a top higher than another; to exceed.
Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the pine family, out-topping the others--some singly, some in clumps....
1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “How My Shore Adventure Began”, in Treasure Islandᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| out-topped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| out-topped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| out-tops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| out-topping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |