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maingain

maingain verb: to increase muscle mass while maintaining one's current body fat percentage.

Verb

maingain (third-person singular simple present maingains, present participle maingaining, simple past and past participle maingained)

  1. To increase muscle mass while maintaining one's current body fat percentage.

Forms of maingain

third-person singular presentmaingains
present participlemaingaining
past participlemaingained
pastmaingained

Origin of maingain

Blend of maintain + gain.

Questions about maingain

What does maingain mean?
Maingain means to increase muscle mass while maintaining one's current body fat percentage.
What part of speech is maingain?
Maingain is a verb.
What is the past tense of maingain?
The past tense of maingain is maingained.

Words near maingain in the dictionary

  1. mainframelike
  2. mainframer
  3. mainframers
  4. mainframes
  5. mainful
  6. maingain
  7. maingained
  8. maingaining
  9. maingains
  10. maingate
  11. maingates

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