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outgrows

outgrows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outgrow.

Meaning of outgrow

Verb

outgrow (third-person singular simple present outgrows, present participle outgrowing, simple past outgrew, past participle outgrown)

  1. (figuratively, often, transitive) 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.
    • Poorer children often have to wear whatever an older sibling has outgrown.
    Synonyms:
    grow out of
  2. (transitive) To grow faster or larger than.
    • The best adapted plant varieties tend to outgrow those less adapted.

Questions about outgrows

What is outgrows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outgrows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outgrow.

Words near outgrows in the dictionary

  1. outgrowers
  2. outgroweth
  3. outgrowing
  4. outgrowings
  5. outgrown
  6. outgrows
  7. outgrowth
  8. outgrowths
  9. outguard
  10. outguarded
  11. outguarding

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