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outwringing

outwringing is the present participle and gerund of outwring.

Meaning of outwring

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

Questions about outwringing

What is outwringing the present participle and gerund of?
Outwringing is the present participle and gerund of outwring.

Words near outwringing in the dictionary

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

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