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OUTSPAN (outspanned, outspanning)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outspan mean?
• OUTSPAN (verb)
The verb OUTSPAN has 1 sense:
1. remove the yoke or harness from
Familiarity information: OUTSPAN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they outspan
... he / she / it outspans

Past simple: outspanned

Past participle: outspanned

-ing form: outspanning





Past simple: outspanned


Past participle: outspanned


-ing form: outspanning


Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the yoke or harness from
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
outspan the draft animals
Hypernyms (to "outspan" is one way to...):
unyoke (remove the yoke from)
unharness (remove the harness from)
Domain category:
animal husbandry (breeding and caring for farm animals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
inspan (attach a yoke or harness to)
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