outshine

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   shine brighter than

   What star outshines the sun?

2. 2
   verb

   To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner

   Four minutes later Walcott, who until then had been redundant as a lone striker owing to one-star service, was given his first decent pass of the game and duly took his chance to outshine the Senegalese, springing a poorly conceived offside trap to collect Lukas Podolski's ball and stroke a low 15-yard shot past Tim Krul and into the far corner.

3. 3
   verb

   To shine forth, to give out light.

   Bright, outshining beams.

4. 4
   verb

   attract more attention and praise than others

5. 5
   verb

   To shine brighter than something else

Etymology

From out- + shine.