| uphill | | |
| n. (object) | 1. uphill | the upward slope of a hill. |
| ~ acclivity, ascent, climb, upgrade, raise, rise | an upward slope or grade (as in a road).; "the car couldn't make it up the rise" |
| adj. | 2. acclivitous, rising, uphill | sloping upward. |
| ~ ascending | moving or going or growing upward.; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed" |
| adv. | 3. uphill | against difficulties.; "she was talking uphill" |
| adv. | 4. uphill | upward on a hill or incline.; "this street lay uphill" |
| tunga | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. genus tunga, tunga | a genus of Siphonaptera. |
| ~ arthropod genus | a genus of arthropods. |
| ~ order siphonaptera, siphonaptera | fleas. |
| ~ chigger, chigoe, chigoe flea, tunga penetrans | small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans. |
| surmount | | |
| v. (competition) | 1. get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmount | get on top of; deal with successfully.; "He overcame his shyness" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ bulldog | throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo. |
| v. (stative) | 2. surmount | be on top of.; "The scarf surmounted the gown" |
| ~ head | be in the front of or on top of.; "The list was headed by the name of the president" |
| ~ pinnacle | surmount with a pinnacle.; "pinnacle a pediment" |
| v. (motion) | 3. scale, surmount | reach the highest point of.; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" |
| ~ arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make | reach a destination, either real or abstract.; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" |
| v. (competition) | 4. 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" |
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