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outspanning

outspanning is the present participle and gerund of outspan.

Meaning of outspan

Verb

outspan (third-person singular simple present outspans, present participle outspanning, simple past and past participle outspanned)

  1. (South Africa, transitive) To release oxen from a harness.
    • We had outspanned on in a flat covered with close grass about two feet high…The wagons, four in number, were drawn up off the road two abreast.1976, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld, Longman, ISBN 058261231, page 126

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Questions about outspanning

What is outspanning the present participle and gerund of?
Outspanning is the present participle and gerund of outspan.

Words near outspanning in the dictionary

  1. outsourcing
  2. outsourcings
  3. outspake
  4. outspan
  5. outspanned
  6. outspanning
  7. outspans
  8. outsparkle
  9. outsparkled
  10. outsparkles
  11. outsparkling

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