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outshift

outshift noun: an outward shift; a migration to the outer part.

Noun

outshift (plural outshifts)

  1. An outward shift; a migration to the outer part.
  2. (obsolete) An outskirt or boundary.

Verb

outshift (third-person singular simple present outshifts, present participle outshifting, simple past and past participle outshifted)

  1. (transitive) To shift to the outside.
  2. (rare, transitive) To surpass in shifting; to shift better than.
    • She can outshift the best of us, taking twice as many forms in half the time.2010, Fresno Scifi, Fantasy Writers, I Dreamed a Crooked Dream, page 200

Forms of outshift

Noun
pluraloutshifts
Verb
third-person singular presentoutshifts
present participleoutshifting
past participleoutshifted
pastoutshifted

Questions about outshift

What does outshift mean?
Outshift means an outward shift; a migration to the outer part.
What part of speech is outshift?
Outshift can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of outshift?
The plural of outshift is outshifts.

Words near outshift in the dictionary

  1. outsharped
  2. outsharping
  3. outsharps
  4. outshed
  5. outsheds
  6. outshift
  7. outshifted
  8. outshifting
  9. outshifts
  10. outshine
  11. outshined

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