outwing
English
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /aʊtˈwɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (noun) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtwɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb
outwing (third-person singular simple present outwings, present participle outwinging, simple past and past participle outwinged)
- (transitive) To surpass or outstrip in flying.
- Synonym: outfly
- 1717, Samuel Garth, Metamorphoses:
- As she attempts at words, his courser springs
O'er hills, and lawns, and ev'n a wish outwings
References
“outwing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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