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outleans

outleans is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outleans

What is outleans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outleans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outlean.

Words near outleans in the dictionary

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

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