v
(transitive) To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick-and-mortar competition.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass or outdo in counsel.
v
(slang, transitive) To proclaim or exaggerate the importance of; to promote.
v
(transitive) To surpass or outdo.
v
(by extension) To cause a lot of pain or suffering.
v
(humorous, emphatic) Done: past participle of do, indicating a passive voice.
n
The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
v
(transitive) To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than.
v
(obsolete) To excel; to surmount.
v
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
v
(intransitive) To outlive one's strength; become decrepit; degenerate in race or nature; become wretched.
v
To be more than (something); to be better than (something); to surpass (something).
n
a person with a good work ethic
n
(by extension) Anything that is difficult to achieve, and which is put off while simpler alternatives are still available
n
The act of one who labors; toil; work done.
v
(transitive) To make an offer well below an item's true value, often to take advantage of the seller's desperation or desire to sell the item quickly.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To spend more time and energy on some task than it warrants; to make something overly complicated; to make a big thing out of.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
v
(idiomatic) to make heavy weather of
v
(idiomatic) To overcomplicate things, to make things appear worse than they are.
n
A succession of instances of outdoing a competitor.
v
(transitive) To appear to be a more subtle negotiator than; to outsmart.
v
Alternative form of outfriend [(transitive) To befriend or gain more friends than (another)]
v
Alternative form of outgeneral [(transitive) To outdo or surpass (someone) in military skill or leadership.]
v
To surpass in evil and cruelty (originally and chiefly with Herod as direct object).
v
Alternative form of outqualify [(sports) To qualify in a higher position than another]
v
Alternative form of outsuave [(transitive) To exceed in suaveness.]
v
(transitive) To surpass in baking; to bake better than.
v
(transitive) To outdo in bargaining.
v
(transitive) To surpass in barking.
v
(transitive) To be better at something.
v
(transitive) To bet more than.
v
(transitive) To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.
v
(transitive) To bike better or faster than; to surpass in biking
v
(transitive) To surpass in giving blessings.
v
(transitive) To surpass in bluffing.
v
(transitive) To surpass in blustering.
v
(transitive) To boast better than another, to make greater claims about oneself than another makes or is able to make.
v
(transitive) To surpass in beauty or splendor.
v
(transitive, informal) To exceed in mental ability; to be cleverer than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in brawling.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To exceed in braying.
v
(poetic, transitive) To surpass in singing; to sing better than.
v
(transitive) To breed more successfully than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in bribery.
v
(transitive) To surpass in bullying.
v
(transitive) To surpass in bustling; to be more busily energetic than.
v
(transitive) To outbid (someone) for something.
v
(transitive) To campaign better than (as for a political position).
v
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass in canting.
v
(transitive) To surpass in carolling; to sing more or better than.
v
(transitive) To carry more than.
v
To surpass in charm; to be more charming than
v
(transitive) To exceed in cheating; to cheat more than.
v
(transitive) to surpass something or somebody else, so as to appear to be in a higher class
v
(transitive) To climb better or farther than.
v
(transitive) To provide better coaching than (another person or group).
v
(transitive) To exceed the compass or limits of.
v
(transitive) To offer more compliments than.
v
(transitive) To outdo in confidence trickery.
v
(transitive) To surpass in cracking (a joke, a whip, etc.).
v
(transitive) To surpass in crowing.
v
(transitive) To surpass in cursing or swearing.
v
(US, colloquial) To outcurse.
v
To exceed or outpace in cycling; cycle faster than (another)
v
To dance better than; to outdo in dancing.
v
(transitive) To dare beyond; to be more bold or daring than.
v
(transitive) To surpass by dazzling more than; to outshine.
v
(transitive) To surpass in debating.
v
(transitive) To deliver more or better than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in design; to design better than.
v
(transitive, nonce word) To surpass in directing.
v
(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.
n
One who, or that which, outdoes.
v
(transitive) To duel better than (someone else).
v
(transitive) To surpass in dumbness; to be dumber than.
v
To make more money than, to earn more than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in engineering.
v
(transitive) To surpass as a fable; to be more fabulous or fantastical than.
v
(transitive) To become more famous than, particularly in a competitive sense.
v
(transitive) To surpass in fasting, or abstention from food.
v
(transitive, rare) To exceed in fawning.
v
(transitive) To provide with a bigger or better feast than.
v
(transitive, informal) To surpass in fibbing; to outlie.
v
(transitive) To outthink.
v
(transitive) To show more finesse than; to excel in grace, elegance, or skill.
v
(transitive) To exceed in flattery.
v
(transitive) To float better than; to surpass in floating.
v
(transitive) To flourish more than.
v
(transitive) To frame better than another; exceed or surpass in framing.
v
(transitive) To surpass in fumbling.
v
To fund more than; to outdo in funding.
v
(transitive) To outperform on a quantitative measurement.
v
(transitive) To surpass in gambling; to gamble more or better than.
v
(transitive) To outdo or surpass (someone) in military skill or leadership.
v
(transitive) To surpass in giving; to give more than.
v
(intransitive) To make a larger gross income or profit than.
v
(transitive) to beat through accurate anticipation of someone's plans and actions.
v
Obsolete form of out-Herod. [To surpass in evil and cruelty (originally and chiefly with Herod as direct object).]
v
(transitive) To surpass in influencing; to have a greater influence than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in insulting.
v
(transitive, rare) to surpass (someone) in being intellectual
v
(transitive) To surpass in invention; to invent more or better than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in playing jazz music.
v
(transitive) To surpass in jeering.
v
(transitive) To jest better than
v
(transitive) To outdo; to outvie.
v
(transitive) To surpass in joking; to outjest.
v
(transitive) To surpass in jousting.
v
(transitive) To surpass in juggling.
v
(transitive, nonce word) To surpass or exceed in knowledge.
v
(transitive) To surpass in kissing; to kiss more or better than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in labouring; to outwork.
v
(transitive) To surpass in fighting or jousting with a lance.
v
(transitive) To laugh louder than, surpass in laughing.
v
(transitive) To exceed in leading; to maintain a strong lead ahead of; to outcompete.
v
(transitive) To lean further than; surpass in leaning.
v
(transitive) To surpass (someone) in learning.
v
(dated, informal, transitive) to perform better than.
v
(rare, transitive) To tell more or better lies than.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To be more attractive than (someone or something).
v
(transitive) To have more people than (one's competitor); to outnumber in men.
v
(transitive) To surpass in management; to manage better than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in manipulation or scheming.
v
Alternative form of outmanoeuvre [(British spelling, transitive) To perform manoeuvres or movements more successfully or better than; to surpass or get the advantage of in manoeuvring; to outgeneral.]
v
(transitive) To surpass in marching; to march further or faster than.
v
To overcome; to win or prevail in a competition.
v
(transitive) to surpass or be better than something or someone else
v
(zoology, transitive) To surpass in finding mates; to outbreed.
v
(transitive) To surpass (an enemy etc.) in terms of firepower.
v
(transitive) To surpass in a contest involving strength.
v
(obsolete) To exceed in naming or describing.
v
To exceed in noise; to surpass in noisiness.
v
(transitive, rare) To be more passionate than; to surpass in passion.
v
(transitive) To pay more than (someone).
v
(transitive) To surpass in pealing; to peal louder than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in pedantry.
v
To perform better than something or someone.
v
(transitive) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in pleading; to plead more successfully than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in pleasing.
v
(transitive) To surpass in poisoning.
v
(transitive) To outdo in politics.
v
(transitive) To surpass in pomp.
v
(transitive) To surpass in population; to outnumber.
v
To obtain a better position than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in power.
v
(transitive) To exceed or surpass in prayer.
v
(transitive) To surpass in preaching.
v
(transitive) To surpass in preening.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To prize beyond value, or excessively.
v
(transitive) To make more or better promises than.
v
(transitive) To overcome or intimidate by psychological means.
v
(transitive, rare) To surpass in punishing.
v
(transitive) To surpass in pushing; to push harder or longer than.
v
(sports) To qualify in a higher position than another
v
(transitive) To surpass in quibbling.
v
(transitive) To raise more of something than (someone else); often used specifically in reference to fundraising
v
(transitive) To have a longer range than (another projectile or weapon).
v
(transitive) To be of a higher rank than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in ranting.
v
(transitive) To surpass in rapping (speaking lyrics in rap music); to rap better than.
v
To get a higher rating than something or someone else
v
(transitive) To surpass in raving.
v
(transitive) To surpass or exceed.
v
(transitive) To surpass in reading; to read more than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in reckoning or computation.
v
(transitive, poetic) To surpass in redness.
v
(transitive) To surpass in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in reporting.
v
(transitive) To surpass in rhyming.
v
(transitive) To ride a horse, bicycle, etc. better than (someone); to surpass in riding.
v
(transitive) To outperform; to outdo.
v
(transitive) To exceed in romantic character.
v
(transitive) To exceed in roping; to rope better than.
v
(transitive) To rule or reign longer or better than.
v
(transitive) To exceed or overextend.
v
(transitive) To provide more satisfaction than.
v
(transitive) To save more money than.
v
(informal, transitive) To surpass in scamming.
v
(transitive) To exceed in odour.
v
(transitive) To surpass in scheming.
v
(transitive) To scold more than.
v
(transitive, colloquial) To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else).
v
(transitive) To score more than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in scouting, or reconnaissance.
v
(transitive) To scrape better than; exceed or outdo in scraping
v
(transitive) To see beyond; to surpass in foresight.
v
(transitive) To promote or follow a more segregationist policy than.
v
(transitive) To sell more than; to surpass in sales.
v
(transitive) To serve more or better than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in sewing; to sew more or better than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
v
To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
v
(transitive) To surpass in shopping; to shop more or better than.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To gain more attention than.
v
(transitive) To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry.
v
(transitive, now rare) To produce a greater shower than; to dispense in greater quantities than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in sighing; to sigh more or better than.
v
(very rare) To surpass in being silent.
v
(transitive) To surpass in sinning.
v
(transitive) To ski better than; to surpass in skiing.
v
(business) To outsource the skilled part of an enterprise.
v
(transitive) To surpass in skinning.
v
(transitive) To surpass in slander.
v
(transitive) To surpass in slang.
v
(transitive) To be more slick than; to exceed in slickness.
v
(transitive) To sling more effectively than; to surpass in slinging.
v
(transitive) To surpass in slinking.
v
(transitive) To be more sophisticated than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in speaking; say or express more than; signify or claim superiority to; be superior to in meaning or significance; speak louder than.
v
(transitive) To spell better than.
v
(transitive) To spend more than some limit or than another entity.
v
(transitive, informal) To surpass in spookiness.
v
(transitive) To exceed in sporting.
v
(transitive, rare) To squawk louder than; to surpass in squawking.
v
(intransitive, archaic) To project outward from the main body; stand out prominently; be prominent.
v
(transitive, informal) To have better statistics than.
n
(rare) One who outstays.
v
(transitive) To surpass in stealing; to steal more than.
v
(transitive) To step or go beyond; exceed; overstep.
v
(transitive) To surpass in stinging; to sting more than.
v
(transitive) To defeat with superior strategy.
v
(transitive) To surpass in striding.
v
(archaic, rare) To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.
v
(transitive) To surpass in strutting.
v
(transitive) To surpass in studying.
v
(transitive) To perform more or better stunts than.
v
(transitive) To exceed in suaveness.
v
(transitive) To sulk more than.
v
(transitive) To exceed in total; outweigh
v
(transitive, nonstandard) To surpass or exceed.
v
(transitive) To surpass in swaggering.
v
(transitive) To swarm in greater numbers than.
v
(transitive) To swear (use vulgar or profane language) more frequently or powerfully than.
v
(transitive) To sweat more than; exceed in sweating
v
(transitive) To swim faster than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in swindling.
v
(transitive) To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.
v
(transitive) To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning.
v
(transitive) To surpass in thanking; to give more thanks than.
v
(transitive) To threaten more than; to surpass in threats.
v
(transitive) To throb more than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in thundering; to thunder more, or more loudly, than.
v
(transitive) To trade more or better than.
v
(transitive) To train more than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in trickery.
v
(transitive) To outdo; to get one over on somebody.
v
(transitive) To have a higher value than; to exceed in worth.
v
(transitive) To surpass in vaunting.
v
(transitive) To exceed in venom.
v
(transitive) To outdo a competitor or rival.
v
(transitive) To exceed in villainy.
v
(transitive) To exceed in noise.
v
To defeat another by obtaining more votes
v
(transitive) To wager more than.
v
(transitive) To surpass or defeat in warfare.
v
(transitive) To surpass in warbling; to outsing.
v
(transitive) To outlast; to survive or outlive longer than.
v
(transitive) To surpass in weaving; to weave more or better than.
v
(transitive) To be more weird than; to surpass in strangeness.
v
(rare, transitive) To surpass in wile or cunning.
v
(transitive) To surpass in force of will.
v
(transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
n
One who outwits another.
v
(transitive) To surpass in wooing.
v
(transitive) To exceed in worth.
v
(transitive) To surpass in wrangling.
v
(transitive) To surpass in wriggling.
v
(transitive) To write more or better than.
v
(transitive) To exceed or surpass in yielding.
v
(transitive) To overpower or overwhelm.
v
(transitive) To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
v
(transitive) To quell or subdue completely; gain power over.
v
(transitive) To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
v
(transitive) to excel or surpass
v
(economics) To become greater than something else
v
To overpower emotionally.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To outwit.
v
(transitive) To outdo thoroughly; to surpass; to outperform; to show up.
v
(archaic) To overpower; to surpass.
n
Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
n
The act of one who struggles.
v
(transitive, rare) To outdo; to surpass; to exceed.
v
(intransitive, obsolete, with for) To make up with excess for the lack prepositioned by for.
v
(transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
v
(intransitive) To struggle.
n
Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.
v
Obsolete form of toil. [(intransitive) To labour; work.]
v
(transitive) to surpass, as in intensity or power; to excel.
n
Obsolete form of travail. [(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.]
v
(intransitive, video games) To put perhaps too much effort into a recreational activity, typically a game.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To creep secretly or imperceptibly.
v
(transitive, by extension) To treat snobbishly.
v
(rare) To outdo or defeat, especially in battle.
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