outwork

[ verb out-wurk; noun out-wurk ]

/ verb ˌaʊtˈwɜrk; noun ˈaʊtˌwɜrk /

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verb (used with object), out·worked or out·wrought, out·work·ing.

to work harder, better, or faster than.

to work out or carry on to a conclusion; finish: a problem to be outworked in after generations.

Archaic. to outdo in workmanship.

noun

a minor defense built or established outside the principal fortification limits.

Words nearby outwork

outwear, outweigh, outwent, outwit, outwith, outwork, outworn, outwrite, outyear, ouzel, ouzo

Origin of outwork

1200–50; Middle English: to complete; see out-, work

OTHER WORDS FROM outwork

out·work·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for outwork

But he was a whirling dervish of energy and could outwork his critics.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDR|John Avlon|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But on these I will not dwell; they were an outwork; it was in the occidental scenery that Skelt was all himself.
Memories and Portraits|Robert Louis Stevenson
The outwork on the slope beneath her was a formless shadow astir with smaller shadows equally formless.
Fort Amity|Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
It was, therefore, necessary that we should make ourselves masters of this outwork, before we commenced breaching the fort.
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp|John Shipp

Fig. 66 presents on a larger scale the plan of the outwork constructed by Vauban.
Annals of a Fortress|E. Viollet-le-Duc
It may have been an outwork, though that seems rather unnecessary.
Cornwall|G. E. Mitton

British Dictionary definitions for outwork

outwork

noun (ˈaʊtˌwɜːk)

(often plural) defences which lie outside main defensive works

work performed away from the factory, office, etc, by which it has been commissioned

verb (ˌaʊtˈwɜːk) -works, -working, -worked or -wrought (tr)

to work better, harder, etc, than

to work out to completion

Derived forms of outwork

outworker, noun

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outwork

verb (used with object), out·worked or out·wrought, out·work·ing.

noun

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Origin of outwork

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British Dictionary definitions for outwork

noun (ˈaʊtˌwɜːk)

verb (ˌaʊtˈwɜːk) -works, -working, -worked or -wrought (tr)

Derived forms of outwork