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overbrake

overbrake verb: to brake (a vehicle) excessively; to apply the brake too much.

Verb

overbrake (third-person singular simple present overbrakes, present participle overbraking, simple past and past participle overbraked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To brake (a vehicle) excessively; to apply the brake too much.

Forms of overbrake

third-person singular presentoverbrakes
present participleoverbraking
past participleoverbraked
pastoverbraked

Origin of overbrake

From over- + brake.

Questions about overbrake

What does overbrake mean?
Overbrake means to brake (a vehicle) excessively; to apply the brake too much.
What part of speech is overbrake?
Overbrake is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbrake?
The past tense of overbrake is overbraked.

Words near overbrake in the dictionary

  1. overbowls
  2. overbows
  3. overbrace
  4. overbraces
  5. overbrained
  6. overbrake
  7. overbraked
  8. overbrakes
  9. overbraking
  10. overbranched
  11. overbranching

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