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outstrains

outstrains is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 outstrains

What is outstrains the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outstrains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outstrain.

Words near outstrains in the dictionary

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

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