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outsteam

outsteam verb: to travel further or faster by steam power.

Verb

outsteam (third-person singular simple present outsteams, present participle outsteaming, simple past and past participle outsteamed)

  1. (transitive) To travel further or faster by steam power.
    • He fully believed that he could outsteam the vessels to the south-east, and, once past these, he knew that he would be in touch with the British ships at the next station before any harm could come to him.2018, George Griffith, The Syren of the Skies & The Angel of the Revolution

Forms of outsteam

third-person singular presentoutsteams
present participleoutsteaming
past participleoutsteamed
pastoutsteamed

Origin of outsteam

From out- + steam.

Questions about outsteam

What does outsteam mean?
Outsteam means to travel further or faster by steam power.
What part of speech is outsteam?
Outsteam is a verb.
What is the past tense of outsteam?
The past tense of outsteam is outsteamed.

Words near outsteam in the dictionary

  1. outstaying
  2. outstays
  3. outsteal
  4. outstealing
  5. outsteals
  6. outsteam
  7. outsteamed
  8. outsteaming
  9. outsteams
  10. outsteer
  11. outsteered

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