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overcladding

overcladding is the present participle and gerund of overclad.

Meaning of overclad

Verb

overclad (third-person singular simple present overclads, present participle overcladding, simple past and past participle overclad or overcladded)

  1. (transitive) To cover the surface of, as if with clothing.
    • Although that, in the days of Solomon, this mountain was overclad with forests of cedars, yet now there are but only these, and, nine miles westward thence, seventeen more.1770, William Lithgow, Travels and Voyages Through Europe, Asia and Africa for Nineteen Years
  2. (transitive) To cover with insulation or cladding.

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Questions about overcladding

What is overcladding the present participle and gerund of?
Overcladding is the present participle and gerund of overclad.

Words near overcladding in the dictionary

  1. overcivilized
  2. overcivilizes
  3. overcivilizing
  4. overclad
  5. overcladded
  6. overcladding
  7. overclads
  8. overclaim
  9. overclaimed
  10. overclaiming
  11. overclaims

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