Dictionaries › English

outrun

Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtɹʌn/

The English word “outrun” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To run faster than.
  2. To exceed or overextend.

noun

  1. In ski jumping, the flat or uphill area past the landing point, where the skier can slow down.
  2. The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
  3. A piece of outlying grazing land on an arable farm.

Etymology

From out- + run.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “outrun” there

More English words

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.