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Outwork

/aʊtˈwɔːk/

A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.

📖 Definitions of "Outwork"

noun

1
A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
2
Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.

verb

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Word	Definition
worknoun	(uncountable) Employment.
outfinishverb	(transitive) To finish ahead of; to defeat or surpass by finishing first.
end outverb	(transitive) To bring to a conclusion; to finish up.
hammer outverb	(transitive) To come to (a difficult agreement or settlement) after much arguing and conflict.
outcutverb	(transitive) To cut out.
run outverb	(intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To use up or consume all [with of ‘something’ (optional)]
outwearverb	(transitive) To outlast; to survive longer than: to outlive.
finish offverb	(transitive) To finish completely.
eke outverb	(transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.
outwillverb	(transitive) To surpass in force of will.
outwinnoun	(obsolete) To win a way out (of); to escape (from).
finish withverb	(idiomatic) To complete; to end the use of.
unworknoun	The lack or absence of work; worklessness.
outchaseverb	(transitive) To chase better than; to surpass in chasing.
hash outverb	(idiomatic) To work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.
out-doverb	Alternative form of outdo. [(transitive) To excel; go beyond in performance; surpass.]
outmateverb	(zoology) To mate with an individual who is not part of one's immediate social group.
outspinverb	(transitive) To exceed in spinning; exceed in spinning thread.
break the back ofverb	(idiomatic) To complete the greater part of (a project) or solve the most critical part of (a problem).
outwrestleverb	(transitive) To defeat or surpass in wrestling.