outlean

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ lean.

Verb

outlean (third-person singular simple present outleans, present participle outleaning, simple past and past participle outleant or outleaned)

1. (intransitive, poetic) To lean outward.
   • 1851, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Casa Guidi Windows:

     And so, between those populous rough hands / Raised in the sun, Duke Leopold outleant, / And took the patriot's oath.

2. (transitive) To lean further than; surpass in leaning.
   • 1977, Runner's World, volume 12, page 44:

     On the home stretch, the leader was gone, but there were five or six other guys who were within a few yards of each other for second place. I went outside on the last turn, with a Dave Wottle move, and I outleaned the others at the finish.

Anagrams

• outlane