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outshadow

outshadow verb: overshadow (to make to seem insignificant).

Verb

outshadow (third-person singular simple present outshadows, present participle outshadowing, simple past and past participle outshadowed)

  1. overshadow (to make to seem insignificant)

Forms of outshadow

third-person singular presentoutshadows
present participleoutshadowing
past participleoutshadowed
pastoutshadowed

Origin of outshadow

From out- + shadow.

Questions about outshadow

What does outshadow mean?
Outshadow means overshadow (to make to seem insignificant).
What part of speech is outshadow?
Outshadow is a verb.
What is the past tense of outshadow?
The past tense of outshadow is outshadowed.

Words near outshadow in the dictionary

  1. outsew
  2. outsewed
  3. outsewing
  4. outsewn
  5. outsews
  6. outshadow
  7. outshadowed
  8. outshadowing
  9. outshadows
  10. outshake
  11. outshaken

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