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outburning

outburning is the present participle and gerund of outburn.

Meaning of outburn

Verb

outburn (third-person singular simple present outburns, present participle outburning, simple past and past participle outburned or outburnt)

  1. (intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.
  2. (transitive) To exceed in burning; burn longer than.

Questions about outburning

What is outburning the present participle and gerund of?
Outburning is the present participle and gerund of outburn.

Words near outburning in the dictionary

  1. outbullshitting
  2. outbully
  3. outbullying
  4. outburn
  5. outburned
  6. outburning
  7. outburns
  8. outburnt
  9. outburp
  10. outburped
  11. outburping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outburning (page history and authors); outburn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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