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overclimbing

overclimbing is the present participle and gerund of overclimb.

Meaning of overclimb

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

Questions about overclimbing

What is overclimbing the present participle and gerund of?
Overclimbing is the present participle and gerund of overclimb.

Words near overclimbing in the dictionary

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

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