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outdrive en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English outdriven, equivalent to out- + drive.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
  2. (transitive) To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.
    • In friendly matches, she hit off the back tees used by men, and with her solid build she usually outdrove them, averaging 240 yards with wood-shaft clubs. 2007 January 12, Frank Litsky, “Maureen Orcutt, 99, Golf Champion, Dies”, in New York Times:
  3. (archaic, poetic, transitive) To drive out; to repel.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outdriven Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outdrives Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outdrove Tense=Past lexicographic
outdriving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic