Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To burn away; be consumed by fire.

  2. (transitive)To exceed in burning; burn longer than.

Origin

From out- + burn.

From out- + burn.

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Forms

outburns, outburning, outburned, outburned
Base formoutburn · to outburn
3rd person singularoutburns
Present participleoutburning
Past simpleoutburned / outburnt
Past participleoutburned / outburnt

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutburn
he, she, itoutburns

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutburned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outburned
he, she, ithas outburned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outburn

Synonyms

6 synonyms
burnB1torchB2combustgo upforburn

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
outboardoutbreakB2outburstoutcast
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