Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 33
Outport (n.) A harbor or port at some distance from the chief town or seat of trade. -- Macaulay.
Outport (n.) A subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port (but usually farther from the center of trade).
Outpost (n.) (Mil.) A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.
Outpost (n.) (Mil.) The troops placed at such a station.
Outpost (n.) A station in a remote or sparsely populated location [syn: outstation, outpost].
Outpost (n.) A settlement on the frontier of civilization [syn: frontier settlement, outpost].
Outpost (n.) A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
Outpour (v. t.) To pour out. -- Milton.
Outpour (n.) A flowing out; a free discharge.
Outpour (n.) An effusion (of sentiment or emotion; outpouring.
Outpower (v. t.) To excel in power; to overpover. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Outpray (v. t.) To exceed or excel in prayer.
Outpreach (v. t.) To surpass in preaching.
And for a villain's quick conversion A pillory can outpreach a parson. -- Trumbull.
Outprize (v. t.) To prize beyong value, or in excess; to exceed in value. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Output (n.) [C] [U] 出產;生產;使出;用出;產量;產品;作品 The amount or quantity of a material or product that is produced by a mine, factory, or any system for production of commercial goods, such as the amount of coal or ore put out from one or more mines, or the quantity of material produced by, or turned out from, one or more furnaces or mills, in a given time; production.
Output (n.) The materials, profits, or information produced by any system.
Output (n.) (Physiol.) That which is thrown out as products of the metabolic activity of the body; the egesta other than the faeces. See Income.
Note: The output consists of: (a) The respiratory products of the lungs, skin, and alimentary canal, consisting chiefly of carbonic acid and water with small quantities of hydrogen and carbureted hydrogen. (b) Perspiration, consisting chiefly of water and salts. (c) The urine, which is assumed to contain all the nitrogen truly excreted by the body, besides a large quantity of saline matters and water. -- Foster.
Output (n.) The power, voltage, or current produced by a device to generate or regulate electrical power; as, the power supply had a maximum output of 250 milliamps.
Output (n.) (Computers) The data or information produced by operation of a computer program or subroutine for transfer to another program or to an external device.
The output of one program may be used as the input to another program.
Output (n.) Final product; the things produced [syn: end product, output].
Output (n.) Production of a certain amount [syn: output, yield].
Output (n.) Signal that comes out of an electronic system [syn: output signal, output].
Output (n.) The quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time); "production was up in the second quarter" [syn: output, yield, production].
Output (n.) What is produced in a given time period [syn: output, outturn, turnout].
Output (v.) (v. t.) 生產;使出;輸出 To create or manufacture a specific amount; "the computer is outputting the data from the job I'm running".
Output, () Data transferred from a computer system to the outside world via some kind of output device.
Opposite: input. (1997-04-28)
Outquench (v. t.) To quench entirely; to extinguish. "The candlelight outquenched." -- Spenser.
Outrage (v. i.) To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
Outrage (v. t.) To rage in excess of. [R.] -- Young.
Outrage (n.) Injurious violence or wanton wrong done to persons or things; a gross violation of right or decency; excessive abuse; wanton mischief; gross injury. -- Chaucer.
He wrought great outrages, wasting all the country. -- Spenser.
Outrage (n.) Excess; luxury. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Syn: Affront; insult; abuse. See Affront.
Outragen (imp. & p. p.) of Outrage.
Outraging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outrage.
Outrage (v. t.) To commit outrage upon; to subject to outrage; to treat with violence or excessive abuse.
Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return. -- Atterbury.
This interview outrages all decency. -- Broome.
Outrage (v. t.) Specifically, to violate; to commit an indecent assault upon (a female).
Outrage (v. t.) To cause to become very angry; as, the burning of the flag outraged the small conservative town.
Outrage (v. i.) To be guilty of an outrage; to act outrageously.
Outrage (n.) A feeling of righteous anger [syn: indignation, outrage].
Outrage (n.) A wantonly cruel act.
Outrage (n.) A disgraceful event [syn: scandal, outrage].
Outrage (n.) The act of scandalizing [syn: scandalization, scandalisation, outrage].
Outrage (v.) Strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock, offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall, outrage].
Outrage (v.) Violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God" [syn: desecrate, profane, outrage, violate].
Outrage (v.) Force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night" [syn: rape, ravish, violate, assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage].
Outrage. () A grave injury; a serious wrong. This is a generic word which is applied to everything, which is injurious, in great degree, to the honor or rights of another.
Outrageous (a.) 暴虐的,極無禮的,可惡的 Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." -- Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." -- Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous crimes." -- Shak. "Outrageous panegyric." -- Dryden.
Syn: Violent; furious; exorbitant; excessive; atrocious; monstrous; wanton; nefarious; heinous. -- Out*ra"geous*ly, adv. -- Out*ra"geous*ness, n.
Outrageous (a.) Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry" [syn: {hideous}, {horrid}, {horrific}, {outrageous}].
Outrageous (a.) Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: {exorbitant}, {extortionate}, {outrageous}, {steep}, {unconscionable}, {usurious}].
Outrance (n.) The utmost or last extremity.
Combat a outrance, A fight to the end, or to the death.
Syn: fight to the finish.
Outrank (v. t.) To exceed in rank; hence, to take precedence of.
Outrank (v.) Take precedence or surpass others in rank [syn: rank, outrank].
Outray (v. t.) To outshine. [R.] -- Skelton.
Outray (v. i.) To spread out in array. [Obs.]
And now they outray to your fleet. -- Chapman.
Outraye (v. i.) See Outrage, v. i. [Obs.]
This warn I you, that ye not suddenly Out of yourself for no woe should outraye. -- Chaucer.
Outraze (v. t.) To obliterate. [Obs.] -- Sandys.
Outr'e (a.) 【法】 超出常規的;不得體的;過度的;誇張的;奇特的;怪異的 Out of the common course or limits; extravagant [2]; bizarre; outlandish [2]; as, an outr['e] costume.
My first mental development had in it much of the uncommon -- even much of the outr['e]. -- E. A. Poe.
Outr'e (a.) Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outré and affected stage antics" [syn: {bizarre}, {eccentric}, {freakish}, {freaky}, {flaky}, {flakey}, {gonzo}, {off- the-wall}, {outlandish}, {outre}].
Outreach (v. t.) To reach beyond.
Outreach (n.) The act of reaching out; an effort to build connections from one person or group to another; as, the Police Department insituted a community outreach program.
Outreach (n.) The extension of assistance or services to persons or groups not previously served.
Outreach (n.) The act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit."
Outreason (v. t.) To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than. -- South.
Outreckon (v. t.) To exceed in reckoning or computation. -- Bp. Pearson.
Outrecuidance (n.) Excessive presumption. [R.] -- B. Jonson.
Outrede (v. t.) To surpass in giving rede, or counsel. [Obs.] See Atrede. -- Chaucer.
Outreign (v. t.) To go beyond in reigning; to reign through the whole of, or longer than. [R.] -- Spenser.
Outride (v. t.) To surpass in speed of riding; to ride beyond or faster than. -- Shak.
Outride (n.) A riding out; an excursion. [R.]
Outride (n.) A place for riding out. [R.]
Outride (v.) Hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm" [syn: last out, stay, ride out, outride].
Outride (v.) Ride better, faster, or further than; "The champion bicyclist outrode all his competitors."
Outrider (n.) A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff. [Obs.]
Outrider (n.) One who rides out on horseback , beyond the main group, e. g., as a scout. -- Chaucer.
Outrider (n.) A servant on horseback attending a carriage.
Outrider (n.) An escort who rides ahead (as a member of the vanguard).
Outrigger (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle.
Outrigger (n.) (Naut.) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat.
Outrigger (n.) (Naut.) A boat thus equipped.
Outrigger (n.) (Naut.) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end ; also used attributively, as an outrigger canoe.
Outrigger (n.) (Aeronautics) A projecting frame used to support the elevator or tail planes, etc.
Outrigger (n.) A stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull.
Outright (a.) Downright; plain; unqualified; utter; straight-out; as, an outright lie.
Syn: flat-out, out-and-out.
Outright (adv.) Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.
Outright (adv.) Completely; utterly. -- Cardinal Manning.
Outright (adv.) Without restrictions or stipulations or further payments; "buy outright."
Outright (adv.) Without reservation or concealment; "she asked him outright for a divorce."
Outright (adv.) Without any delay; "he was killed outright" [syn: instantaneously, outright, instantly, in a flash].
Outright (a.) Without reservation or exception [syn: outright, straight-out, unlimited].
Outright forward (n.) The purchase or sale of a forward foreign exchange contract that locks in the rate and delivery date. also called Currency forward.
Outring (v. t.) To excel in volume of ringing sound; to ring louder than.
Outrival (v. t.) To surpass in a rivalry.
Outrival (v.) Be more of a rival than [syn: outrival, outvie].
Outrive (v. t.) To river; to sever. [Obs.] -- Fairfax. Outroad
Outroad (n.) Alt. of Outrode.
Outrode (n.) An excursion. [Obs.] "Outrodes by the ways of Judea." -- Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible).
Outroar (v. t.) To exceed in roaring.
Outroar (v.) Roar louder than.
Outromance (v. t.) To exceed in romantic character. [R.] -- Fuller.
Outroom (n.) An outer room. [R.] -- Fuller.
Outroot (v. t.) To eradicate; to extirpate.
Outroot (v. t.) To root louder than; to applaud more noisily than.
Outran (imp.) of Outrun.
Outrun (p. p.) of Outrun.
Outrunning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outrun.
Outrun (v. t.) To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.
Your zeal outruns my wishes. -- Sir W. Scott.
The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. -- John xx. 4.
Outrunner (n.) An offshoot; a branch. [R.] "Some outrunner of the river." -- Lauson.
Outrush (v. i.) To rush out; to issue, or run out, forcibly. -- Garth.
Outsail (v. t.) To excel, or to leave behind, in sailing; to sail faster than. -- Beau. & Fl.
Outsail (v.) Sail faster or better than; "They outsailed the Roman fleet."
Outscent (v. t.) To exceed in odor. -- Fuller.
Outscold (v. t.) To exceed in scolding. -- Shak.
Outscorn (v. t.) To confront, or subdue, with greater scorn. -- Shak.
Outscouring (n.) That which is scoured out or washed out. -- Buckland.
Outscout (v. t.) To overpower by disdain; to outface. [Obs.] -- Marston.
Outsee (v. t.) To see beyond; to excel in certainty of seeing; to surpass in foresight.
Outsell (v. t.) To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.
Outsell (v. t.) To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value. -- Fuller. -- Shak.
Outsell (v.) Be sold more often than other, similar products; "The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin."
Outsell (v.) Sell more than others; "This salesman outsells his colleagues."
Outsentry (n.) (Mil.) A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.
Outset (n.) A setting out, starting, or beginning. "The outset of a political journey." -- Burke.
Giving a proper direction to this outset of life. -- J. Hawes.
Outset (n.) The time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle].
Outsettler (n.) One who settles at a distance, or away, from others.
Outshine (v. i.) To shine forth. "Bright, outshining beams." -- Shak.
Outshine (v. t.) To excel in splendor , excellence, or achievement.
A throne of royal state, which far.
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind. -- Milton.
Outshine (v. t.) To shine more brightly than.
Outshine (v.) Shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?"
Outshine (v.) Attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality."
Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond. -- Bacon.
Men are resolved never to outshoot their forefathers' mark. -- Norris.
Outshut (v. t.) To shut out. [R.] -- Donne.
Outside (n.) The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exterior.
There may be great need of an outside where there is little or nothing within. -- South.
Created beings see nothing but our outside. -- Addison.
Outside (n.) The part or space which lies beyond the external edge of a structure or beyond the boundary of an inclosure.
I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside. -- Spectator.
Outside (n.) The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.; the utmost; as, it may last a week at the outside.
Outside (n.) One who, or that which, is without; hence, an outside passenger, as distinguished from one who is inside. See Inside, n. 3. [Colloq. Eng.]
Outside (n.) The part of the world not encompassed by or under control of an organization or institution; as, prisoners are not allowed to pass objects to persons on the outside; one may not discuss company secretes with anyone on the outside.
Outside (a.) Of or pertaining to the outside; external; exterior; superficial.
Outside (a.) Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc.; as, an outside estimate. [Colloq.]
Outside finish (Arch.), A term for the minor parts, as corner boards, hanging stiles, etc., required to complete the exterior of a wooden building; -- rare in masonry.
Outside (adv.) or prep. On or to the outside (of); without; on the exterior; as, to ride outside the coach; he stayed outside.
Outside (adv.) Outside a building; "in summer we play outside" [syn: outside, outdoors, out of doors, alfresco] [ant: indoors, inside].
Outside (adv.) On the outside; "outside, the box is black" [ant: inside, within].
Outside (a.) Relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit; "an outside margin" [ant: inside].
Outside (a.) Coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: external, extraneous, outside].
Outside (a.) Originating or belonging beyond some bounds:"the outside world"; "outside interests"; "an outside job."
Outside (a.) Located, suited for, or taking place in the open air; "outdoor clothes"; "badminton and other outdoor games"; "a beautiful outdoor setting for the wedding" [syn: outdoor(a), out-of-door, outside] [ant: indoor(a)].
Outside (a.) Functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit; "extramural hospital care and treatment"; "extramural studies."
Outside (a.) Leading to or from the outside; "an outside door."
Outside (a.) From or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help" [syn: external, international, outside(a)].
Outside (a.) Very unlikely; "an outside chance"; "a remote possibility"; "a remote contingency" [syn: outside, remote].
Outside (a.) On or toward an outer edge; "an outer lane"; "the outside lane."
Outside (a.) (Of a baseball pitch) On the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" [syn: away, outside].
Outside (n.) The region that is outside of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior].
Outside (n.) The outer side or surface of something [syn: outside, exterior] [ant: inside, interior].
Outsider (n.) One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling. [Recent] -- A. Trollope.
Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside.
Outsider (n.) A horse which is not a favorite in the betting. [Cant]
Outsider (n.) Someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group [syn: foreigner, outsider].
Outsider (n.) A contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win.
Outsing (v. t.) To surpass in singing.
Outsit (v. t.) To remain sitting, or in session, longer than, or beyond the time of; to outstay.
Outskirt (n.) A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. -- Wordsworth.
The outskirts of his march of mystery. -- Keble.
Outskirt (n.) A part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city" [syn: outskirt, fringe].
Outsleep (v. t.) To exceed in sleeping. -- Shak.
Outslide (v. i.) To slide outward, onward, or forward; to advance by sliding. [Poetic]
At last our grating keels outslide. -- Whittier.
Outsoar (v. t.) To soar beyond or above.
Outsole (n.) The outside sole of a boot or shoe.
Outsole (n.) The outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground.
Outsound (v. t.) To surpass in sounding.
Outspan (v. t. & i.) To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon ; to unharness (a horse). [S. Africa].
Outspan (n.) The act of outspanning.
Outspan (n.) A place where outspanning is done; Hence: An encampment. [South African].
Outspan (v.) Remove the yoke or harness from; "outspan the draft animals" [ant: inspan].
Outsparkle (v. t.) To exceed in sparkling.
Outspeak (v. t.) To exceed in speaking.
Outspeak (v. t.) To speak openly or boldly. -- T. Campbell.
Outspeak (v. t.) To express more than. -- Shak.