outrow

[ out-roh ]

verb (used with object)

1. to surpass in rowing; row; row faster than.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outrow¹

First recorded in 1520–30; out- + row ²

Example Sentences

Only by carefully observing fixed rules and by prolonged practice will you be able to attain to the harmonious ease and elegance by which a comparatively weak man can so economize his strength as to outrow and outlast some brawny giant who wastes his power in useless contortions.

From Project Gutenberg

He has left the pieces in chronological order from 1964 to 1984, creating a portrait of a writer growing up, sharing first his wonderment that it can get terribly cold in Africa, and learning at last that he cannot outrow the currents of Nantucket Sound in a tiny skiff.

From Time Magazine Archive

He could outrun, outrow, outwalk any of his townsmen.

From Project Gutenberg

One thing is certain, we must outrow those two girls in the race.

From Project Gutenberg

It was only natural, therefore, that the thirty communities should each insist upon having the crew of greatest excellence—the crew which could outrow any other five on the Bosphorus; and as every Byzantine Greek was a passionate gambler, the wagers were without end.

From Project Gutenberg