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overbit

overbit is the simple past of overbite.

Meaning of overbite

Verb

overbite (third-person singular simple present overbites, present participle overbiting, simple past overbit, past participle overbitten)

  1. To use excessive acid in an etching process, so that the result is too deep.

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Origin of overbit

over- + bit

Questions about overbit

What is overbit the simple past of?
Overbit is the simple past of overbite.

Words near overbit in the dictionary

  1. overbilling
  2. overbills
  3. overbind
  4. overbinding
  5. overbinds
  6. overbit
  7. overbite
  8. overbites
  9. overbiting
  10. overbitten
  11. overbitter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overbit (page history and authors); overbite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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