outray
/aʊtˈɹeɪ/
outray verb: to spread out in array.
Verb
outray (third-person singular simple present outrays, present participle outraying, simple past and past participle outrayed)
- To spread out in array.
- And now they outray to your fleet.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...
- To outshine.
- Cerberus doth barke,
Whom Theseus dyd affraye,
Whom Hercules dyd outraye,
As famous poetes say; […]c. 1505, John Skelton, Phyllyp Sparowe; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 74, lines 85–88
- Cerberus doth barke,
outray meaning in Bengali
outray in Bengali
- সাজানো অবস্থায় ছড়িয়ে পড়া, প্রভায় হারানো
Forms of outray
| third-person singular present | outrays |
|---|---|
| present participle | outraying |
| past participle | outrayed |
| past | outrayed |
Origin of outray
From out- + ray.
Questions about outray
- What does outray mean?
- Outray means to spread out in array.
- What is outray in Bengali?
- Outray in Bengali is সাজানো অবস্থায় ছড়িয়ে পড়া, প্রভায় হারানো. See Outray meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is outray?
- Outray is a verb.
- How do you pronounce outray?
- Outray is pronounced /aʊtˈɹeɪ/.
- What is the past tense of outray?
- The past tense of outray is outrayed.
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