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overcure

overcure verb: to cure (meat, etc.) excessively.

Verb

overcure (third-person singular simple present overcures, present participle overcuring, simple past and past participle overcured)

  1. (transitive) To cure (meat, etc.) excessively.

Forms of overcure

third-person singular presentovercures
present participleovercuring
past participleovercured
pastovercured

Origin of overcure

From over- + cure.

Questions about overcure

What does overcure mean?
Overcure means to cure (meat, etc.) excessively.
What part of speech is overcure?
Overcure is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcure?
The past tense of overcure is overcured.

Words near overcure in the dictionary

  1. overcumbers
  2. overcunning
  3. overcunningly
  4. overcup
  5. overcups
  6. overcure
  7. overcured
  8. overcures
  9. overcuring
  10. overcuriosity
  11. overcurious

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