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overdraping

overdraping is the present participle and gerund of overdrape.

Meaning of overdrape

Verb

overdrape (third-person singular simple present overdrapes, present participle overdraping, simple past and past participle overdraped)

  1. (transitive) To drape (something) over something else.
  2. (transitive) To be draped over (something).
    • Leave thy gleaming, crystal halls, / Where the velvet mosses green / Overdrape the dewy walls; […]1878, Charles Edgar Spencer, The Viking, Guy, Legend of the Moxahala: And Other Poems, page 29

Questions about overdraping

What is overdraping the present participle and gerund of?
Overdraping is the present participle and gerund of overdrape.

Words near overdraping in the dictionary

  1. overdrape
  2. overdraped
  3. overdraperies
  4. overdrapery
  5. overdrapes
  6. overdraping
  7. overdraught
  8. overdraughts
  9. overdraw
  10. overdraw the badger
  11. overdrawer

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