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over-canvassed

over-canvassed adjective: of a sailing boat (dinghy, yacht or sailing ship): carrying too much sail for the current wind conditions.

Adjective

over-canvassed (comparative more over-canvassed, superlative most over-canvassed)

  1. Of a sailing boat (dinghy, yacht or sailing ship): carrying too much sail for the current wind conditions.

Forms of over-canvassed

comparativemore over-canvassed
superlativemost over-canvassed

Origin of over-canvassed

From over- + canvassed.

Questions about over-canvassed

What does over-canvassed mean?
Over-canvassed means of a sailing boat (dinghy, yacht or sailing ship): carrying too much sail for the current wind conditions.
What part of speech is over-canvassed?
Over-canvassed is an adjective.

Words near over-canvassed in the dictionary

  1. over-Atlases
  2. over-Atlasing
  3. over-awe
  4. over-burning
  5. over-burnt
  6. over-canvassed
  7. over-celebrate
  8. over-celebrated
  9. over-celebrates
  10. over-celebrating
  11. over-clock

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