Outgrow

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To grow too large for: The child outgrew all his clothes.
  • v. To lose or discard in the course of maturation: She outgrew her youthful idealism.
  • v. To surpass in growth: Spring lambs were outgrowing the piglets.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To become too big or mature for some purpose.
  • v. To leave some object, habit, belief ... behind, no longer need or use it, as one grows.
  • v. To grow faster or taller than something or someone else.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To surpass in growing; to grow more than.
  • v. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To surpass in growth; grow beyond; grow taller than.
  • To grow beyond the limits of; become too large for: said of what covers or incloses: as, children outgrow their clothes.
  • To exhaust by too rapid growth.
  • To pass beyond the limits of; leave behind or lose in the process of growth or development: as, to outgrow one's usefulness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. grow too large or too mature for
  • v. grow faster than
  • Verb Form
    outgrew    outgrowing    outgrown    outgrows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    grow    develop    surpass    outmatch    outstrip    outgo    outdo    exceed    outperform    surmount   
    Variant
    outgrew    outgrown   
    Form
    outgrew    outgrown    outgrowing    outgrowth   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Au    Beau    Bio    Bo    Bordeaux    Boudreaux    Bow    Cloe    Co    Cousteau