outstrip

«outstrip» in Mova's school dictionary: to go faster than them and leave them behind — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (outstrip, outstrips, outstripped, outstripping)

meaning for a pupil

To outstrip someone is to go faster than them and leave them behind. tree →

sense in the lessons

fast animals or runners leave others far behind in a race

examples

• The hare outstrips the tortoise. tree →
• She outstripped the wind as she ran home. tree →
• He outstripped the others in the race. tree →

note

in a race it shows how far ahead one is, so the gap is found by subtracting

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «outstrip» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.