OUTGROWN

OUTGROW

outgrow

(verb) grow too large or too mature for; “I have outgrown these clothes”; “She outgrew her childish habits”

outgrow

(verb) grow faster than

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

outgrown

past participle of outgrow

Anagrams

• grown out

Source: Wiktionary


OUTGROW

Out*grow", v. t. [imp. Outgrew; p. p. Outgrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Outgrowing.]

1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. Shak.

2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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