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outstraining

outstraining is the present participle and gerund of outstrain.

Meaning of outstrain

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

Questions about outstraining

What is outstraining the present participle and gerund of?
Outstraining is the present participle and gerund of outstrain.

Words near outstraining in the dictionary

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

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