<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to work harder, better, or faster than.</li><li>to work out or carry on to a conclusion; finish: a problem to be outworked in after generations.</li><li>Archaic. to outdo in workmanship.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a minor defense built or established outside the principal fortification limits.</li></ul>