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INSPAN (inspanned, inspanning)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: inspanned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, inspanning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does inspan mean? 

INSPAN (verb)
  The verb INSPAN has 1 sense:

1. attach a yoke or harness toplay

  Familiarity information: INSPAN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INSPAN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Attach a yoke or harness to

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

inspan the draft animals

Hypernyms (to "inspan" is one way to...):

yoke (put a yoke on or join with a yoke)

harness; tackle (put a harness)

Domain category:

animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

outspan (remove the yoke or harness from)


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