From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Outgrow \Out*grow"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Outgrew}; p. p. {Outgrown}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Outgrowing}.]
1. To surpass in growing; to grow more than. --Shak.
2. To grow out of or away from; to grow too large, or too aged, for; as, to outgrow clothing; to outgrow usefulness; to outgrow an infirmity.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: grow too large or too mature for; "I have outgrown these clothes"
2: grow too large for [syn: {overgrow}]
3: grow faster than [also: {outgrown}, {outgrew}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "outgrow": blossom, brew, burgeon, develop, flourish, gather, germinate, grow, grow up, hypertrophy, increase, mature, mushroom, overdevelop, overgrow, overtop, procreate, pullulate, reproduce, shoot up, spring up, sprout, sprout up, thrive, tower, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax
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