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overdeck

overdeck verb: to overdecorate.

Verb

overdeck (third-person singular simple present overdecks, present participle overdecking, simple past and past participle overdecked)

  1. (transitive) To overdecorate.
    • […] but one great hindrance in this my design, is, that our clerk, who was once a gardener, has this Christmas so overdecked the church with greens, that he has quite spoiled my prospect […]1819, The Spectator
    • She was neither overdressed nor overdecked in jewels, nor over made-up as some of her peers were; nor was she overboisterous.2015, Muneeza Shamsie, And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women

Forms of overdeck

third-person singular presentoverdecks
present participleoverdecking
past participleoverdecked
pastoverdecked

Origin of overdeck

From over- + deck.

Questions about overdeck

What does overdeck mean?
Overdeck means to overdecorate.
What part of speech is overdeck?
Overdeck is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdeck?
The past tense of overdeck is overdecked.

Words near overdeck in the dictionary

  1. overdealing
  2. overdeals
  3. overdealt
  4. overdear
  5. overdearly
  6. overdeck
  7. overdecked
  8. overdecking
  9. overdecks
  10. overdeclared
  11. overdecorate

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