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overdrain

overdrain verb: to drain excessively.

Verb

overdrain (third-person singular simple present overdrains, present participle overdraining, simple past and past participle overdrained)

  1. (transitive) To drain excessively.

Forms of overdrain

third-person singular presentoverdrains
present participleoverdraining
past participleoverdrained
pastoverdrained

Origin of overdrain

From over- + drain.

Questions about overdrain

What does overdrain mean?
Overdrain means to drain excessively.
What part of speech is overdrain?
Overdrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdrain?
The past tense of overdrain is overdrained.

Words near overdrain in the dictionary

  1. overdraft
  2. overdrafted
  3. overdrafting
  4. overdraftings
  5. overdrafts
  6. overdrain
  7. overdrainage
  8. overdrained
  9. overdraining
  10. overdrains
  11. overdramatic

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