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OUTSAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outsail mean?
• OUTSAIL (verb)
The verb OUTSAIL has 1 sense:
1. sail faster or better than
Familiarity information: OUTSAIL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it outsails Past simple: outsailed
Past participle: outsailed
-ing form: outsailing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sail faster or better than
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
They outsailed the Roman fleet
Hypernyms (to "outsail" is one way to...):
exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass (be or do something to a greater degree)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam cannot outsail Sue
Context examples
No wonder they outsail us when the wind can blow through our canvas.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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