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outwring

outwring verb: to wring out.

Verb

outwring (third-person singular simple present outwrings, present participle outwringing, simple past and past participle outwrung)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To wring out.
    • The husband's tears are big and hot, / E'en from his heart outwrung; / The pearls of sorrow on his cheek / In anguish'd rays are strung1839, Joseph Philip Robson, Poetic Gatherings: or, Stray Leaves from my portfolio, page 54

Forms of outwring

third-person singular presentoutwrings
present participleoutwringing
past participleoutwrung
pastoutwrung

Origin of outwring

From out- + wring.

Questions about outwring

What does outwring mean?
Outwring means to wring out.
What part of speech is outwring?
Outwring is a verb.
What is the past tense of outwring?
The past tense of outwring is outwrung.

Words near outwring in the dictionary

  1. outwrests
  2. outwriggle
  3. outwriggled
  4. outwriggles
  5. outwriggling
  6. outwring
  7. outwringing
  8. outwrings
  9. outwrit
  10. outwrite
  11. outwrites

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