outgrow

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
outgrow
    v 1: grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these
         clothes"; "She outgrew her childish habits"
    2: grow faster than
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Outgrow \Out*grow"\, v. t. [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.]
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   1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak.
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   2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too
      aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness;
      to outgrow an infirmity.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "outgrow":
      blossom, brew, burgeon, develop, flourish, gather, germinate, grow,
      grow up, hypertrophy, increase, mature, mushroom, overdevelop,
      overgrow, overtop, procreate, pullulate, reproduce, shoot up,
      spring up, sprout, sprout up, thrive, tower, upshoot, upspear,
      upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax

    

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