Outgrow

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outgrow \Out*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.]
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     1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outgrow
       v 1: grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these
            clothes"
       2: grow too large for [syn: {overgrow}]
       3: grow faster than
       [also: {outgrown}, {outgrew}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "outgrow":
     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