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overburned

overburned is the simple past and past participle of overburn.

Meaning of overburn

Verb

overburn (third-person singular simple present overburns, present participle overburning, simple past and past participle overburned or overburnt)

  1. (transitive) To burn too much or for too long.
  2. (transitive) To record more than the usual available data capacity onto (an optical disc).
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) To be overzealous.

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Questions about overburned

What is overburned the simple past and past participle of?
Overburned is the simple past and past participle of overburn.

Words near overburned in the dictionary

  1. overburdeningly
  2. overburdens
  3. overburdensome
  4. overbureaucratization
  5. overburn
  6. overburned
  7. overburning
  8. overburnings
  9. overburns
  10. overburnt
  11. overburst

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