outwind

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/aʊtˈwaɪnd/

Definition of outwind

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To extricate by winding; to unloose.
    “they haue him enclosed so behind, / As by no meanes he can himselfe outwind”
    “Dear Psittacuse! when shalt thou once outwind / Thy self from this sad yoke?”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To extricate by winding; to unloose.
    “they haue him enclosed so behind, / As by no meanes he can himselfe outwind”
    “Dear Psittacuse! when shalt thou once outwind / Thy self from this sad yoke?”
  2. (transitive)To surpass in wind or breath.
    “The urchin had an elasticity of muscle, a capacity of stretch and endurance in his sinews, and a share of positive strength in his excessive breadth of shoulders, which made him little inferior in conflict to most ordinary men, and in speed he could have outwinded the best.”

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Etymology

From out- + wind.

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