outtop
outtop is the alternative form of out-top.
Meaning of out-top
Verb
out-top (third-person singular simple present out-tops, present participle out-topping, simple past and past participle out-topped)
- To have a top higher than another; to exceed.
- Grey-coloured woods covered a large part of the surface. This even tint was indeed broken up by streaks of yellow sand-break in the lower lands, and by many tall trees of the pine family, out-topping the others--some singly, some in clumps....1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “How My Shore Adventure Began”, in Treasure Islandᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ
Forms of outtop
| third-person singular present | outtops |
|---|---|
| present participle | outtopping |
| past participle | outtopped |
| past | outtopped |
Questions about outtop
- What is outtop the alternative form of?
- Outtop is the alternative form of out-top.
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