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outstrain

outstrain verb: to outdo by straining.

Verb

outstrain (third-person singular simple present outstrains, present participle outstraining, simple past and past participle outstrained)

  1. (transitive) To outdo by straining.
    • The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.1891, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine
  2. (poetic, transitive) To strain or filter outward.
    • Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining,
      Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!c. 1887, George MacDonald, A Song For Christmas

Forms of outstrain

third-person singular presentoutstrains
present participleoutstraining
past participleoutstrained
pastoutstrained

Origin of outstrain

From out- + strain.

Questions about outstrain

What does outstrain mean?
Outstrain means to outdo by straining.
What part of speech is outstrain?
Outstrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of outstrain?
The past tense of outstrain is outstrained.

Words near outstrain in the dictionary

  1. outstood
  2. outstorm
  3. outstormed
  4. outstorming
  5. outstorms
  6. outstrain
  7. outstrained
  8. outstraining
  9. outstrains
  10. outstrategize
  11. outstrategized

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