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outleaning

outleaning is the present participle and gerund of outlean.

Meaning of outlean

Verb

outlean (third-person singular simple present outleans, present participle outleaning, simple past and past participle outleant or outleaned)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To lean outward.
    • And so, between those populous rough hands / Raised in the sun, Duke Leopold outleant, / And took the patriot's oath.1851, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Casa Guidi Windows
  2. (transitive) To lean further than; surpass in leaning.
    • On the home stretch, the leader was gone, but there were five or six other guys who were within a few yards of each other for second place. I went outside on the last turn, with a Dave Wottle move, and I outleaned the others at the finish.1977, Runner's World, volume 12, page 44

Questions about outleaning

What is outleaning the present participle and gerund of?
Outleaning is the present participle and gerund of outlean.

Words near outleaning in the dictionary

  1. outlead
  2. outleading
  3. outleads
  4. outlean
  5. outleaned
  6. outleaning
  7. outleans
  8. outleant
  9. outleap
  10. outleaped
  11. outleaping

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