"outfire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: outfires [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: out- + fire Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|fire}} out- + fire Head templates: {{en-noun}} outfire (plural outfires)
  1. (Sussex) A visit by one bonfire society to join in with the celebrations of another.
    Sense id: en-outfire-en-noun-jNq4noBg Categories (other): Sussex English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 67 33

Verb

Forms: outfires [present, singular, third-person], outfiring [participle, present], outfired [participle, past], outfired [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: out- + fire Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|fire}} out- + fire Head templates: {{en-verb}} outfire (third-person singular simple present outfires, present participle outfiring, simple past and past participle outfired)
  1. (transitive) To fire farther or better than. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outfire-en-verb-sS-CDRgQ

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for outfire meaning in English (2.5kB)

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