outwork
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
outwork (third-person singular simple present outworks, present participle outworking, simple past and past participle outworked)
- (rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- For now three dayes of men were full outwrought, / Since he this hardie enterprize began [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- To work faster or harder than.
- 2009, Bill Boggs, Got What It Takes?:
- And I am one of those people who is indefatigable, in the true sense that I beg someone to find someone who can outwork me.
Noun
outwork (countable and uncountable, plural outworks)
- (architecture, countable) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
- Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.
Translations
a minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification
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