outrun

English

Etymology

out- +‎ run

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊtɹʌn/

Verb

outrun (third-person singular simple present outruns, present participle outrunning, simple past outran, past participle outrun)

  1. (transitive) To run faster than.
    Can a tiger outrun a lion?
  2. (transitive) To exceed or overextend.
    • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
      They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 28
      […] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.

Translations

Noun

outrun (plural outruns)

  1. (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.

References

  • outrun in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • outrun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

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