Home › Words › O › outstrainoutstrainoutstrain means to outdo by straining.EtymologyFrom out- + strain.verbTo outdo by straining.e.g.“The choir and congregation were evidently assembled for a shouting-match; each tuneful throat seemed emulous to outstrain the rest.” — 1891, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine:To strain or filter outward.e.g.“Hark, in the organ, the caught Wind, outstraining, Jubilant rise in a soaring prayer!” — c. 1887, George MacDonald, A Song For Christmas:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).