outgrowing

outgrowing

1. present participle and gerund of outgrow

outgrowing (countable and uncountable, plural outgrowings)

1. That which grows outward; outgrowth.
   • 1857, Carl August Wildenhahn, The Blind Girl of Wittenberg, page 226:

     That which but yesterday seemed laudable and proper in my past life, I to-day feel to have been nothing but the outgrowings of a proud heart and perverted mind.

2. (chiefly Africa) The supply and purchase arrangement engaged in by an outgrower.

• growing out