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Meaning of "outfly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OUTFLY

outfly  [ˈaʊtˌflaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OUTFLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Outfly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OUTFLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Outfly

A Wartburg College tradition that traces back to the 1890s and is sometimes called by its German name, "Ausflug," Outfly is a student-initiated, one-day holiday. It now occurs once a year during the Fall Term. Outfly is called upon a date known only to the college president and the student body president. At colleges in the Northeastern United States, a similar observance is known as Mountain Day.

Definition of outfly in the English dictionary

The definition of outfly in the dictionary is a sudden outburst.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OUTFLY


beetfly
ˈbiːtˌflaɪ
blackfly
ˈblækˌflaɪ
blowfly
ˈbləʊˌflaɪ
botfly
ˈbɒtˌflaɪ
butterfly
ˈbʌtəˌflaɪ
catchfly
ˈkætʃˌflaɪ
damselfly
ˈdæmzəlˌflaɪ
dragonfly
ˈdræɡənˌflaɪ
firefly
ˈfaɪəˌflaɪ
gadfly
ˈɡædˌflaɪ
goutfly
ˈɡaʊtˌflaɪ
greenfly
ˈɡriːnˌflaɪ
horsefly
ˈhɔːsˌflaɪ
housefly
ˈhaʊsˌflaɪ
mayfly
ˈmeɪˌflaɪ
sandfly
ˈsændˌflaɪ
sawfly
ˈsɔːˌflaɪ
stonefly
ˈstəʊnˌflaɪ
test-fly
ˈtɛstˌflaɪ
whitefly
ˈwaɪtˌflaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OUTFLY

outfielder
outfight
outfighting
outfind
outfish
outfit
outfitted
outfitter
outfitting
outflank
outflash
outfling
outfloat
outflow
outflush
outfool
outfoot
outfox
outfrown
outfumble

WORDS THAT END LIKE OUTFLY

barfly
black fly
briefly
caddis fly
chiefly
crane fly
dry fly
fly
fruit fly
gruffly
let fly
Mediterranean fruit fly
on the fly
overfly
peacock butterfly
refly
ruffly
Spanish fly
stiffly
tsetse fly

Synonyms and antonyms of outfly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «outfly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OUTFLY

Find out the translation of outfly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of outfly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «outfly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

outfly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

outfly
570 millions of speakers

English

outfly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

outfly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

outfly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

outfly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

outfly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

outfly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

outfly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Outfly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Outfly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

outfly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

outfly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Outfly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

outfly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

outfly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहेरून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uçuşa geçmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Outfly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

outfly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

outfly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

outfly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

outfly
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

outfly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

outfly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

outfly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of outfly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTFLY»

The term «outfly» is used very little and occupies the 155.816 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OUTFLY» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OUTFLY»

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Renegade Passions
And when she uncovers a plot to steal her throne, he is the one man with the power to force her to make the one choice she never wanted to face... Warning: This book contains sex. A lot of it.
Loribelle Hunt, 2011
2
The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Outfaw'ning (p. a. from outfawn) Excelling in the act of fawning. Out'fit (j. from out, and fit) The act of fitting out a ship, the expence of fitting out a ship. Outftew' {v. t. prêt, of outfly) Did ourfiy. - 'Outfly' (v. t. from out/ and fly) To leave behind in flight.
John Ash, 1775
3
Life
So it may outrun and outfly me, Merest cocoon-web whence it broke free ? above is a rather complicated question asked by Mr. James Russell Lowell in the. current Atlantic. If we were Mr. Lowell, and happened to have a fancy, we don't think ...
‎1888
4
Ah, you Iowans!: at home, at work, at play, at war
We all need a fling like Wartburg College's twice-a-year Outfly September 1990 WAVERLY, IA.-They dragged themselves out of their warm dormitory room beds shortly after sunup Wednesday at Wartburg College. Some pulled on sweat shirts , ...
Chuck Offenburger, 1992
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Captain Frigate and the Pirate Birds
Chapter. Fourteen. 'Fly-OutFly-Out'. DayDay. The lessons are finished; the assignments are complete now; and the final exam sat and passed. The desks have been cleaned out and stacked away, and the floor has been mopped clean.
Rita Montgomery, 2013
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A Mermaid's Kiss
elegant. somersault. "You. see? I'll. bet. I. can. even. outfly. you. Old. bird." Jonah blinked. "I know you did not just call me that." "Positively ancient." Her violet eyes danced. "You might not want to go above the tree line, in case you dodder right ...
Joey W. Hill, 2008
7
Popular Science
By. ARTHUR. FISHER. ' I. Can. an. ibis. outfly. a. stork? Ibis is the latest in the long series of man-powered aircraft built by engineering students under the tutelage of Prof. Hidemasa Kimura at Tokyo's Nihon University. The new plane made an ...
8
A Devil's Chaplain
In these essays Dawkins revisits the meme, the unit of cultural information that he named and wrote about in his groundbreaking work The Selfish Gene.
Richard Dawkins, 2004
9
The Emu: Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' ...
Drop, my poor Quail, drop in the grass, instantly drop, or you are dead ; it is not the Kites that are after you, nor even the Brown Hawk, but the unerringly fatal, the deadly Black Falcon ! You cannot outfly him. What a race for life ! But it is useless,  ...
‎1906
10
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System: Alternatives
Seabirds would be impacted by the same range of effects as the mammals with particular potential threats from "spills" and vapor clouds in the vicinity of the terminal. It appears that many seabirds could outfly a vapor cloud by gaining altitude, ...
United States. EIS Task Force, 1976

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OUTFLY»

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OVER THE SURFACE, ANOTHER CASTLE and THE MIGHTY …
Taking advantage of this, Ava boasts to a recruitment party that she can outfly their best pilot, Victor. A dogfight is set up between the two and ... «Newsarama, Jul 15»
2
Video: This Osprey Tried to Outfly a Bald Eagle and Failed Horribly
What happens when a osprey tries to sneakily grab some fish in eagle territory? The eagle gets a free meal. This bold osprey risked life and ... «OutdoorHub, Jun 15»
3
'San Andreas' review: Dwayne Johnson's latest will satisfy thrill …
He gets to defy logic, laws of gravity and physics and any level of believability to outwit, outrun, outfly and out-whatever everything that comes ... «Standard Freeholder, May 15»
4
Tampa Bay Lightning ramp up excitement with goals from 5 players …
The Rangers want to outfly the Lightning, but in the past two games, Tampa Bay has soared just fine. Zoom, baby, zoom. "I prefer to play this ... «FOXSports.com, May 15»
5
French Outfly RAF In IS Air Mission
French warplanes are flying three times as many sorties against IS as their RAF counterparts. Research conducted by Sky News found that ... «Forces TV, Mar 15»
6
Four Myths That Drive (and Endanger) US Defense Policy
Even if an F-35 can outfly and outshoot everything in the sky, or a Zumwalt-class destroyer can dominate a huge ocean stretch, we will never be ... «Newsweek, Mar 15»
7
Kansas falconer's trained peregrine hunts down mallard ducks
One thing is certain: Not many birds can outfly Cowboy when he's on the hunt. Peregrines are capable of stooping (a falconer's term for diving) ... «Kansas City Star, Jan 15»
8
The Year in Film, 2014: 22 Easy Pieces
... Hammy the Bear persona Top Five, while Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) tried desperately to outfly Birdman in... you guessed it, Birdman ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
9
Jerry Davis: Protective habitat helps keep birds coming back
They will never outfly a sharp-shinned hawk,” he said. When Robichaud moved into a rural home, he planted several red-osier dogwood ... «Madison.com, Dec 14»
10
Injustice: Year Three #4 review
I still don't get how that works. Or why. Injustice_Y3_04_01. Can Superman really outfly Spectre? Can't Spectre just “poof” anywhere? «Batman-News, Nov 14»

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