outwring

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verb

To wring out.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person outwrings · participle present outwringing · participle past outwrung · past outwrung

  1. poetictransitiveTo 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 strung

    1839, Joseph Philip Robson, Poetic Gatherings: or, Stray Leaves from my portfolio, page 54

Origin

From out- + wring.

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APA

outwring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outwring

MLA

“outwring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outwring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outwring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outwring.

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