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overbiting

overbiting is the present participle and gerund 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 overbiting

From Middle English overbiting, equivalent to overbite + -ing.

Questions about overbiting

What is overbiting the present participle and gerund of?
Overbiting is the present participle and gerund of overbite.

Words near overbiting in the dictionary

  1. overbinding
  2. overbinds
  3. overbit
  4. overbite
  5. overbites
  6. overbiting
  7. overbitten
  8. overbitter
  9. overbitterly
  10. overbitterness
  11. overblack

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overbiting (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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