| spread over | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. cover, spread over | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| ~ flood | cover with liquid, usually water.; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" |
| ~ bloody | cover with blood.; "bloody your hands" |
| ~ mist, mist over | become covered with mist.; "The windshield misted over" |
| ~ adjoin, contact, touch, meet | be in direct physical contact with; make contact.; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" |
| ~ glaciate | cover with ice or snow or a glacier.; "the entire area was glaciated" |
| ~ strew | cover; be dispersed over.; "Dead bodies strewed the ground" |
| ~ grass over, grass | cover with grass. |
| ~ cake, coat | form a coat over.; "Dirt had coated her face" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| ~ drown, submerge, overwhelm | cover completely or make imperceptible.; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" |
| ~ mantle | cover like a mantle.; "The ivy mantles the building" |
| ~ cloak, robe, clothe, drape | cover as if with clothing.; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" |
| ~ blanket | form a blanket-like cover (over). |
| ~ carpet | form a carpet-like cover (over). |
| ~ smother | form an impenetrable cover over.; "the butter cream smothered the cake" |
| ~ shroud | form a cover like a shroud.; "Mist shrouded the castle" |
| surpass | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. excel, stand out, surpass | distinguish oneself.; "She excelled in math" |
| ~ top, exceed, go past, overstep, transcend, pass | be superior or better than some standard.; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" |
| ~ outrank, rank | take precedence or surpass others in rank. |
| ~ excel at, shine at | be good at.; "She shines at math" |
| v. (competition) | 2. exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass | be or do something to a greater degree.; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" |
| ~ beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell | come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" |
| ~ outsmart, outwit, circumvent, outfox, overreach, beat | beat through cleverness and wit.; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" |
| ~ outgrow | grow faster than. |
| ~ outcry, outshout | shout louder than. |
| ~ outroar | roar louder than. |
| ~ outsail | sail faster or better than.; "They outsailed the Roman fleet" |
| ~ outdraw | draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight. |
| ~ outsell | sell more than others.; "This salesman outsells his colleagues" |
| ~ outsell | be sold more often than other, similar products.; "The new Toyota outsells the Honda by a wide margin" |
| ~ outpace | surpass in speed.; "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence" |
| ~ better, break | surpass in excellence.; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" |
| ~ outshine | attract more attention and praise than others.; "This film outshone all the others in quality" |
| ~ outrange | have a greater range than (another gun). |
| ~ outweigh | be heavier than. |
| ~ outbrave | be braver than. |
| ~ out-herod | surpass someone in cruelty or evil. |
| ~ outfox | outdo someone in trickery. |
| ~ shame | surpass or beat by a wide margin. |
| ~ outmarch | march longer distances and for a longer time than.; "This guy can outmarch anyone!" |
| ~ outwear | last longer than others.; "This material outwears all others" |
| v. (motion) | 3. go by, go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by | move past.; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ skirt | pass around or about; move along the border.; "The boat skirted the coast" |
| ~ run by | pass by while running.; "We watched children were running by" |
| ~ fly by | pass by while flying.; "An enemy plane flew by" |
| ~ whisk by, zip by, fly by | move by very quickly. |
| v. (stative) | 4. exceed, surpass, transcend | be greater in scope or size than some standard.; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" |
| ~ overgrow | grow too large. |
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