"outblow" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outblows [present, singular, third-person], outblowing [participle, present], outblew [past], outblown [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English outblowen, ut-blawen, equivalent to out- + blow. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|outblowen}} Middle English outblowen, {{m|enm|ut-blawen}} ut-blawen, {{prefix|en|out|blow}} out- + blow Head templates: {{en-verb|outblows|outblowing|outblew|outblown}} outblow (third-person singular simple present outblows, present participle outblowing, simple past outblew, past participle outblown)
  1. (transitive) To blow out (all senses) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outblow-en-verb-RZL5L0uH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 77 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: outblows [present, singular, third-person], outblowing [participle, present], outblew [past], outblown [participle, past]
Etymology: From out- + blow. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|blow}} out- + blow Head templates: {{en-verb|outblows|outblowing|outblew|outblown}} outblow (third-person singular simple present outblows, present participle outblowing, simple past outblew, past participle outblown)
  1. (transitive) To exceed in blowing; blow more or better than (all senses) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outblow-en-verb-0Axe4wHS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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