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overcrow

overcrow verb: to take over.

Verb

overcrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take over.
    • The potent poison quite overcrows my spiritc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To crow over, as in triumph.

overcrow meaning in Urdu

overcrow in Urdu

ظفر یاب ہونا

Forms of overcrow

third-person singular presentovercrows
present participleovercrowing
past participleovercrowed
pastovercrowed

Origin of overcrow

From over- + crow.

Questions about overcrow

What does overcrow mean?
Overcrow means to take over.
What is overcrow in Urdu?
Overcrow in Urdu is ظفر یاب ہونا. See Overcrow meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is overcrow?
Overcrow is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcrow?
The past tense of overcrow is overcrowed.

Words near overcrow in the dictionary

  1. overcross
  2. overcrossed
  3. overcrosses
  4. overcrossing
  5. overcrossings
  6. overcrow
  7. overcrowd
  8. overcrowded
  9. overcrowdedly
  10. overcrowdedness
  11. overcrowder

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