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overbrewing

overbrewing is the present participle and gerund of overbrew.

Meaning of overbrew

Verb

overbrew (third-person singular simple present overbrews, present participle overbrewing, simple past and past participle overbrewed)

  1. To brew for too long.
    • Thrale was a prosperous brewer, but was beset by a tendency to "overbrew," which nearly ruined him.2010, Emily James Putnam, The Lady: Studies of Certain Significant Phases of Her History

Questions about overbrewing

What is overbrewing the present participle and gerund of?
Overbrewing is the present participle and gerund of overbrew.

Words near overbrewing in the dictionary

  1. overbreed
  2. overbreeding
  3. overbreeds
  4. overbrew
  5. overbrewed
  6. overbrewing
  7. overbrews
  8. overbribe
  9. overbribed
  10. overbribes
  11. overbribing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overbrewing (page history and authors); overbrew (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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