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superstraining

superstraining is the present participle and gerund of superstrain.

Meaning of superstrain

Verb

superstrain (third-person singular simple present superstrains, present participle superstraining, simple past and past participle superstrained)

  1. (obsolete) To overstrain, to strain too much.
    • In the straining of a string , the further it is strained the less superstraining goeth to a note1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

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Questions about superstraining

What is superstraining the present participle and gerund of?
Superstraining is the present participle and gerund of superstrain.

Words near superstraining in the dictionary

  1. superstorms
  2. superstr.
  3. superstraight
  4. superstrain
  5. superstrained
  6. superstraining
  7. superstrains
  8. superstrata
  9. superstratal
  10. superstrate
  11. superstrated

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