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overabsorb

overabsorb verb: to absorb too much of.

Verb

overabsorb (third-person singular simple present overabsorbs, present participle overabsorbing, simple past and past participle overabsorbed)

  1. (transitive) To absorb too much of.

Forms of overabsorb

third-person singular presentoverabsorbs
present participleoverabsorbing
past participleoverabsorbed
pastoverabsorbed

Origin of overabsorb

From over- + absorb.

Questions about overabsorb

What does overabsorb mean?
Overabsorb means to absorb too much of.
What part of speech is overabsorb?
Overabsorb is a verb.
What is the past tense of overabsorb?
The past tense of overabsorb is overabsorbed.

Words near overabsorb in the dictionary

  1. overabduction
  2. overabound
  3. overabounded
  4. overabounding
  5. overabounds
  6. overabsorb
  7. overabsorbed
  8. overabsorbing
  9. overabsorbs
  10. overabsorption
  11. overabstemious

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