overdefines
overdefines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overdefine.
Meaning of overdefine
Verb
overdefine (third-person singular simple present overdefines, present participle overdefining, simple past and past participle overdefined)
- To define too rigidly, or in too much depth.
- Most students want to overdefine every flower and leaf. In the assignment above, I spoke of “the essence of flowers.” If you overdefine and explain every petal, you will lose the sense of softness and mystery.2001, Charles Reid, Painting Flowers in Watercolor with Charles Reid
Words that rhyme with overdefines
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- argentines
- bines
- bread lines
- breadlines
- brines
- carbines
- clementines
- co-signs
- coal mines
- coalmines
- colour outside the lines
- cosigns
- cosines
- defines
- designs
- dines
- fine lines
- fuel lines
- gas lines
- kines
- maligns
- mines
- misdefines
- ninety-nines
- number nines
- overlines
- overmines
- pines
- redefines
- refines
- relines
- serpentines
- shines
- shrines
- signs
- sixty-nines
- spines
- sublines
- telephone lines
- turpentines
- undefines
- underdefines
- underlines
- undermines
- vines
- water lines
- waterlines
- whines
Questions about overdefines
- What is overdefines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Overdefines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overdefine.
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