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upstraining

upstraining is the present participle and gerund of upstrain.

Meaning of upstrain

Verb

upstrain (third-person singular simple present upstrains, present participle upstraining, simple past and past participle upstrained)

  1. (poetic) To strain upward.

Questions about upstraining

What is upstraining the present participle and gerund of?
Upstraining is the present participle and gerund of upstrain.

Words near upstraining in the dictionary

  1. upstolen
  2. Upstone
  3. upstood
  4. upstrain
  5. upstrained
  6. upstraining
  7. upstrains
  8. upstrap
  9. upstream
  10. upstream loan
  11. upstream loans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: upstraining (page history and authors); upstrain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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