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OUTRIDE
outride
(verb) ride better, faster, or further than; “The champion bicyclist outrode all his competitors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
outride (plural outrides)
(equestrian) A trip on a horse outside an enclosed area, a trip on a horse in the open.
Verb
outride (third-person singular simple present outrides, present participle outriding, simple past outrode, past participle outridden)
(transitive) To ride a horse, bicycle, etc. better than (someone); to surpass in riding.
(transitive) To ride out (e.g. a storm).
Anagrams
• Rideout, editour, ioduret, ride out, rideout
Source: Wiktionary
Out*ride", v. t.
Definition: To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than. Shak.
Out"ride`, n.
1. A riding out; an excursion. [R.]
2. A place for riding out. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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