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overclimb

overclimb verb: to climb over.

Verb

overclimb (third-person singular simple present overclimbs, present participle overclimbing, simple past and past participle overclimbed)

  1. To climb over.
    • This fatal gin thus overclamb our walls1557 July 1, Virgil, “The Second Boke of Virgiles Aenæis”, in Henry [Howard, Earl] of Surrey, transl., edited by William Bolland, Certain Bokes of Virgiles Aenaeis, Turned into English Meter...
  2. To climb excessively

Forms of overclimb

third-person singular presentoverclimbs
present participleoverclimbing
past participleoverclimbed
pastoverclimbed

Origin of overclimb

From Middle English overclimben, from Old English oferclimban, equivalent to over- + climb.

Questions about overclimb

What does overclimb mean?
Overclimb means to climb over.
What part of speech is overclimb?
Overclimb is a verb.
What is the past tense of overclimb?
The past tense of overclimb is overclimbed.

Words near overclimb in the dictionary

  1. overclerk
  2. overclerked
  3. overclerks
  4. overclever
  5. overcleverness
  6. overclimb
  7. overclimbed
  8. overclimbing
  9. overclimbs
  10. overclipped
  11. overcloak

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