2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outstrip \Out*strip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outstripped}; p. pr
& vb n. {Outstripping}.]
To go faster than to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave
behing.
Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours.
--Southey.
He still outstript me in the race. --Tennyson.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
outstrip
v 1: be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance
surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She
outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my
expectations" [syn: {surpass}, {outmatch}, {outgo}, {exceed},
{outdo}, {surmount}]
2: go far ahead of "He outdistanced the other runners" [syn: {outdistance},
{distance}]
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