outspan
n 1. an area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh animals
2. the act of unharnessing or unyoking
vb,
-spans,
-spanning or -spanned3. (tr) to unharness or unyoke (animals)
4. (intr) to relax
[C19: partial translation of Afrikaans uitspan, from uit out + spannen to stretch]
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outspan
Past participle: outspanned
Gerund: outspanning
Present |
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I outspan |
you outspan |
he/she/it outspans |
we outspan |
you outspan |
they outspan |
Preterite |
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I outspanned |
you outspanned |
he/she/it outspanned |
we outspanned |
you outspanned |
they outspanned |
Present Continuous |
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I am outspanning |
you are outspanning |
he/she/it is outspanning |
we are outspanning |
you are outspanning |
they are outspanning |
Present Perfect |
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I have outspanned |
you have outspanned |
he/she/it has outspanned |
we have outspanned |
you have outspanned |
they have outspanned |
Past Continuous |
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I was outspanning |
you were outspanning |
he/she/it was outspanning |
we were outspanning |
you were outspanning |
they were outspanning |
Past Perfect |
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I had outspanned |
you had outspanned |
he/she/it had outspanned |
we had outspanned |
you had outspanned |
they had outspanned |
Future |
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I will outspan |
you will outspan |
he/she/it will outspan |
we will outspan |
you will outspan |
they will outspan |
Future Perfect |
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I will have outspanned |
you will have outspanned |
he/she/it will have outspanned |
we will have outspanned |
you will have outspanned |
they will have outspanned |
Future Continuous |
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I will be outspanning |
you will be outspanning |
he/she/it will be outspanning |
we will be outspanning |
you will be outspanning |
they will be outspanning |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been outspanning |
you have been outspanning |
he/she/it has been outspanning |
we have been outspanning |
you have been outspanning |
they have been outspanning |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been outspanning |
you will have been outspanning |
he/she/it will have been outspanning |
we will have been outspanning |
you will have been outspanning |
they will have been outspanning |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been outspanning |
you had been outspanning |
he/she/it had been outspanning |
we had been outspanning |
you had been outspanning |
they had been outspanning |
Conditional |
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I would outspan |
you would outspan |
he/she/it would outspan |
we would outspan |
you would outspan |
they would outspan |
Past Conditional |
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I would have outspanned |
you would have outspanned |
he/she/it would have outspanned |
we would have outspanned |
you would have outspanned |
they would have outspanned |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb | 1. | outspan - remove the yoke or harness from; "outspan the draft animals"unyoke - remove the yoke from; "unyoke the cow" unharness - remove the harness from; "unharness a horse" inspan - attach a yoke or harness to; "inspan the draft animals" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
outspan
verb (S. African) relax, chill out (slang, chiefly U.S.), take it easy, loosen up, laze, lighten up (slang), put your feet up, hang loose (slang), let yourself go (informal), let your hair down (informal), mellow out (informal), make yourself at home Let's take a break and just outspan for a while. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002