outdraw
English
verb
Definitions
- To extract or draw out.
- (Wild West) To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
- To attract a larger crowd than.
- To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English outdrauen inherited from Old English ūtdragan inherited from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą prefix from English draw (move by pulling).
Origin
English
draw
Gloss
move by pulling
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adraw English
- bedraw English
- counterdraw English
- dogdraw English
- downdraw English
- draught English
- draw English
- draw weight English
- draw-up English
- drawability English
- drawable English
- drawback English
- drawbar English
- drawbench English
- drawbolt English
- drawbore English
- drawboy English
- drawbridge English
- drawcard English
- drawcord English
- drawdown English
- drawee English
- drawer English
- drawest English
- draweth English
- drawfiling English
- drawgear English
- drawhead English
- drawing English
- drawish English
- drawknife English
- drawl English
- drawlatch English
- drawlink English
- drawloom English
- drawmaster English
- drawmetric English
- drawnet English
- drawplate English
- drawrod English
- drawshave English
- drawsheet English
- drawspring English
- drawstring English
- drawth English
- drawtube English
- finedraw English
- foredraw English
- forthdraw English
- indraw English
- misdraw English
- overdraw English
- quickdraw English
- redraw English
- sneckdraw English
- to-draw English
- todraw English
- umbedraw English
- underdraw English
- undraw English
- updraw English
- wiredraw English
- austragen German
- tragen German
- dragen Dutch, Flemish
- uit Dutch, Flemish
- uitdragen Dutch, Flemish
- draft Norwegian Bokmål
- *ūtdraganą Proto-Germanic
- draft Norwegian Nynorsk
- ūtdragan Old English
- drawen Middle English
- outdrauen Middle English
- draw
- adraw
- drawl
- drawth
- updraw
- drawer
- todraw
- drawee
- indraw
- redraw
- bedraw
- undraw
- drawbar
- drawnet
- dogdraw
- draught
- to-draw
- drawest
- draw-up
- drawrod
- drawing
- drawboy
- draweth
- misdraw
- drawish
- drawbolt
- umbedraw
- drawback
- drawcord
- drawbore
- overdraw
- foredraw
- drawlink
- downdraw
- drawcard
- drawhead
- drawloom
- drawgear
- drawable
- finedraw
- drawtube
- wiredraw
- drawdown
- underdraw
- drawshave
- quickdraw
- drawlatch
- forthdraw
- drawknife
- drawsheet
- sneckdraw
- drawbench
- drawplate
- drawbridge
- drawmaster
- drawspring
- drawfiling
- drawmetric
- drawstring
- counterdraw
- drawability
- draw weight