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outlie

outlie verb: to tell more or better lies than.

Verb (1)

outlie (third-person singular simple present outlies, present participle outlying, simple past and past participle outlied)

  1. (rare, transitive) To tell more or better lies than.

Verb (2)

outlie (third-person singular simple present outlies, present participle outlying, simple past outlay, past participle outlain)

  1. (rare, transitive) To lie outside, or at the extremes or periphery of.
  2. (intransitive, rare) To live in the open air.

Forms of outlie

third-person singular presentoutlies
present participleoutlying
past participleoutlied
pastoutlied
pastoutlay
past participleoutlain

Origin of outlie

From out- + lie (in the sense of "tell an untruth").

From out- + lie (in the sense of "be located").

Words formed from outlie

Questions about outlie

What does outlie mean?
Outlie means to tell more or better lies than.
What part of speech is outlie?
Outlie is a verb.
What is the past tense of outlie?
The past tense of outlie is outlied.

Words near outlie in the dictionary

  1. Outleys
  2. outlick
  3. outlicked
  4. outlicking
  5. outlicks
  6. outlie
  7. outlied
  8. outlier
  9. outlierness
  10. outliers
  11. outlies

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