outrun

== English == === Etymology === From out- +‎ run. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ʌn IPA(key): /ˈaʊtɹʌn/ === Verb === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== outrun the constable you can't outrun your fork ==== Translations ==== === Noun === outrun (plural outruns) (skiing) In ski jumping, the flat or uphill area past the landing point, where the skier can slow down. Coordinate term: inrun (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them. (Scotland, agriculture) A piece of outlying grazing land on an arable farm. === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “outrun”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “outrun”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === run out, run-out, runout