outshown
UK/aʊtˈʃəʊn/US/aʊtˈʃoʊn/
outshown is the past participle of outshow.
Meaning of outshow
Verb
outshow (third-person singular simple present outshows, present participle outshowing, simple past outshowed, past participle outshown)
- To show or present publicly; exhibit openly.
- He blushed to see another Sun below, / Ne durst again his fiery face outshow.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Aegloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
- To surpass or exceed in showing; exceed in being shown, especially in contest, competition, or rivalry.
- Mazurka 13th, now owned by Mr. Streator, at ten years old Is dam of eight living calves at single births, and we don't know a cow of her age that can outshow her.1873, Cultivator and country gentleman: Volume 38
Words that rhyme with outshown
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- moan
- throne
- atone
- clone
- crone
- prone
- depone
- hone
- loan
- cologne
- condone
- disenthrone
- disown
- eau de cologne
- enthrone
- groan
- intone
- roan
- Sloan
- Sloane
- thrown
- unknown
- bemoan
- cobblestone
- Copplestone
- grown
- joan
- known
- none
- overgrown
- pension
- phone
- postpone
- redstone
- sone
- Stallone
- answer phone
- arthron
- beknown
- cauterizing stone
- compone
- crosne
- crown
- cuboidal bone
- cuttlefish bone
- Ediphone
- enzone
- flown
Questions about outshown
- What is outshown the past participle of?
- Outshown is the past participle of outshow.
- How do you pronounce outshown?
- Outshown is pronounced /aʊtˈʃəʊn/ (UK).
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