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out·work

 (out-wûrk′)
tr.v. out·worked or out·wrought (-rôt′), out·work·ing, out·works
1. To work better or faster than.
2. To complete (something); work (something) out.
n. (out′wûrk′)
A minor fortification constructed beyond a main defensive position or fortification.
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outwork

n
1. (Military) (often plural) defences which lie outside main defensive works
2. work performed away from the factory, office, etc, by which it has been commissioned
vb (tr) , -works, -working, -worked or -wrought
3. to work better, harder, etc, than
4. to work out to completion
ˈoutˌworker n
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out•work

(v. ˌaʊtˈwɜrk; n. ˈaʊtˌwɜrk)
v.t.
1. to work harder, better, or faster than.
2. to work out or carry on to a conclusion; finish.
n.
3. a defensive structure established outside the limits of a larger fortification.
[1200–50]
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outwork


Past participle: outworked/outwrought
Gerund: outworking

Imperative
outwork
outwork
Present
I outwork
you outwork
he/she/it outworks
we outwork
you outwork
they outwork
Preterite
I outworked
you outworked
he/she/it outworked
we outworked
you outworked
they outworked
Present Continuous
I am outworking
you are outworking
he/she/it is outworking
we are outworking
you are outworking
they are outworking
Present Perfect
I have outworked/outwrought
you have outworked/outwrought
he/she/it has outworked/outwrought
we have outworked/outwrought
you have outworked/outwrought
they have outworked/outwrought
Past Continuous
I was outworking
you were outworking
he/she/it was outworking
we were outworking
you were outworking
they were outworking
Past Perfect
I had outworked/outwrought
you had outworked/outwrought
he/she/it had outworked/outwrought
we had outworked/outwrought
you had outworked/outwrought
they had outworked/outwrought
Future
I will outwork
you will outwork
he/she/it will outwork
we will outwork
you will outwork
they will outwork
Future Perfect
I will have outworked/outwrought
you will have outworked/outwrought
he/she/it will have outworked/outwrought
we will have outworked/outwrought
you will have outworked/outwrought
they will have outworked/outwrought
Future Continuous
I will be outworking
you will be outworking
he/she/it will be outworking
we will be outworking
you will be outworking
they will be outworking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been outworking
you have been outworking
he/she/it has been outworking
we have been outworking
you have been outworking
they have been outworking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been outworking
you will have been outworking
he/she/it will have been outworking
we will have been outworking
you will have been outworking
they will have been outworking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been outworking
you had been outworking
he/she/it had been outworking
we had been outworking
you had been outworking
they had been outworking
Conditional
I would outwork
you would outwork
he/she/it would outwork
we would outwork
you would outwork
they would outwork
Past Conditional
I would have outworked/outwrought
you would have outworked/outwrought
he/she/it would have outworked/outwrought
we would have outworked/outwrought
you would have outworked/outwrought
they would have outworked/outwrought
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.outwork - subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified areaoutwork - subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; "the outworks of the castle"
defensive structure, defence, defense - a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"
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Dolly sighed gently as she held out the cakes to Silas, who thanked her kindly and looked very close at them, absently, being accustomed to look so at everything he took into his hand--eyed all the while by the wondering bright orbs of the small Aaron, who had made an outwork of his mother's chair, and was peeping round from behind it.
The access, as usual in castles of the period, lay through an arched barbican, or outwork, which was terminated and defended by a small turret at each corner.
He was a good workman himself, quick and deft, and it had always been a point of pride with him that no man should do any of his work for him or outwork him.
The young men, who had already completed their tasks with the axe, were all engaged after their lounging and listless manner; some in bestowing equitable portions of the fodder among the different animals; others in plying the heavy pestle of a moveable homminy-mortar[*]; and one or two in wheeling the remainder of the wagons aside, and arranging them in such a manner as to form a sort of outwork for their otherwise defenceless bivouac.
The brain is at least twenty feet from his apparent forehead in life; it is hidden away behind its vast outworks, like the innermost citadel within the amplified fortifications of Quebec.
The aged rakishness of his appearance was set off by a youthful costume; he had disreputable grey hair and a disreputable sore, red nose; but the coat and the gesture, the outworks of the man, were still designed for show.
After the first surprise of the intelligence had a little abated, a rumor was spread through the entrenched camp, which stretched along the margin of the Hudson, forming a chain of outworks to the body of the fort itself, that a chosen detachment of fifteen hundred men was to depart, with the dawn, for William Henry, the post at the northern extremity of the portage.
And so it was: he turned abruptly, hastened into the house again, shut the door behind him; and when I went in a while after to inform them that Earnshaw had come home rabid drunk, ready to pull the whole place about our ears (his ordinary frame of mind in that condition), I saw the quarrel had merely effected a closer intimacy - had broken the outworks of youthful timidity, and enabled them to forsake the disguise of friendship, and confess themselves lovers.
Poverty and misery for all, want and degradation for her parents, injustice to the boy--one by one the outworks of the little citadel were taken, in which the poor soul passionately guarded her only love and treasure.
I could never rest in communication with strong, discreet, and refined minds, whether male or female, till I had passed the outworks of conventional reserve, and crossed the threshold of confidence, and won a place by their heart's very hearthstone.
But as long as we outwork iWalk, I see no problem," Pumaren said after the Scorpions' 86-77 win over fellow school-based squad AMA last week.
Emily Williams, Grace Academy ethos assistant who organised the trip, said: "Encouraging our students to be a part of this project is all about giving them the chance to experience and outwork the academy's values in the community, making a real difference to people in need."