outrun
(verb) run faster than; “in this race, I managed to outran everybody else”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
outrun (third-person singular simple present outruns, present participle outrunning, simple past outran, past participle outrun)
(transitive) To run faster than.
(transitive) To exceed or overextend.
outrun (plural outruns)
(sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
• run out, run-out, runout
Source: Wiktionary
Out*run", v. t. [imp. Outran; p. p. Outrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Outrunning.]
Definition: To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond. Your zeal outruns my wishes. Sir W. Scott. The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. Jhon xx. 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
