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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

outthrow en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + throw.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To throw out.
  2. (transitive) To surpass in throwing.
    • But now, ten years later, after his recent shipwreck, he cannot compete as a runner, though he can outthrow the slighter Phaeacians with the heaviest discus. 2002, Eva Brann, Homeric Moments, page 48:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outthrows Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outthrown Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outthrowing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outthrew Tense=Past lexicographic