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overbait

overbait verb: to use too much bait (in catching fish or animals).

Verb

overbait (third-person singular simple present overbaits, present participle overbaiting, simple past and past participle overbaited)

  1. (ambitransitive) To use too much bait (in catching fish or animals).

Forms of overbait

third-person singular presentoverbaits
present participleoverbaiting
past participleoverbaited
pastoverbaited

Origin of overbait

From over- + bait.

Questions about overbait

What does overbait mean?
Overbait means to use too much bait (in catching fish or animals).
What part of speech is overbait?
Overbait is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbait?
The past tense of overbait is overbaited.

Words near overbait in the dictionary

  1. overawers
  2. overawes
  3. overawful
  4. overawing
  5. overawingly
  6. overbait
  7. overbaited
  8. overbaiting
  9. overbaits
  10. overbake
  11. overbaked

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