outfly

English

Etymology

out- + fly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʊtˈflaɪ/

Verb

outfly (third-person singular simple present outflies, present participle outflying, simple past outflew, past participle outflown)

  1. (transitive) To fly better, faster, or further than.
    • 1800, Thomas Moore, Odes of Anacreon:
      She gave thee beauty — shaft of eyes, / That every shaft of war outflies!

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