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overbleach

overbleach verb: to bleach too much.

Verb

overbleach (third-person singular simple present overbleaches, present participle overbleaching, simple past and past participle overbleached)

  1. (transitive) To bleach too much.
    • Overbleaching your hair can damage it.

Forms of overbleach

third-person singular presentoverbleaches
present participleoverbleaching
past participleoverbleached
pastoverbleached

Origin of overbleach

From over- + bleach.

Questions about overbleach

What does overbleach mean?
Overbleach means to bleach too much.
What part of speech is overbleach?
Overbleach is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbleach?
The past tense of overbleach is overbleached.

Words near overbleach in the dictionary

  1. overblankets
  2. overblaze
  3. overblazed
  4. overblazes
  5. overblazing
  6. overbleach
  7. overbleached
  8. overbleaches
  9. overbleaching
  10. overbled
  11. overbleed

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