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overcontract

overcontract verb: to contract excessively.

Verb

overcontract (third-person singular simple present overcontracts, present participle overcontracting, simple past and past participle overcontracted)

  1. (transitive) To contract excessively.
    • Try to avoid overcontracting the lumbar muscle.

Forms of overcontract

third-person singular presentovercontracts
present participleovercontracting
past participleovercontracted
pastovercontracted

Origin of overcontract

From over- + contract.

Questions about overcontract

What does overcontract mean?
Overcontract means to contract excessively.
What part of speech is overcontract?
Overcontract is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcontract?
The past tense of overcontract is overcontracted.

Words near overcontract in the dictionary

  1. overcontextualize
  2. overcontextualized
  3. overcontextualizes
  4. overcontextualizing
  5. overcontiguous
  6. overcontract
  7. overcontracted
  8. overcontracting
  9. overcontraction
  10. overcontracts
  11. overcontribute

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