outgrow

== English == === Etymology === From out- + grow. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌaʊtˈɡɹəʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑʊtˈɡɹoʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊ === Verb === outgrow (third-person singular simple present outgrows, present participle outgrowing, simple past outgrew, past participle outgrown) (transitive, often figurative) To become too big in size or too mature in age or outlook to continue to want, need, use, experience, or accept some object, practice, condition, belief, etc. Synonym: grow out of (transitive) To grow faster or larger than. ==== Derived terms ==== outgrowth ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “outgrow”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “outgrow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === grow out