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outwrung

outwrung is the simple past and past participle 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 outwrung

What is outwrung the simple past and past participle of?
Outwrung is the simple past and past participle of outwring.

Words near outwrung in the dictionary

  1. outwrites
  2. outwriting
  3. outwritten
  4. outwrote
  5. outwrought
  6. outwrung
  7. outy
  8. outyard
  9. outyarded
  10. outyarding
  11. outyards

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