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overdried

overdried is the simple past and past participle of overdry.

Meaning of overdry

Verb

overdry (third-person singular simple present overdries, present participle overdrying, simple past and past participle overdried)

  1. To dry too much.
    • Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried; […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section...

Questions about overdried

What is overdried the simple past and past participle of?
Overdried is the simple past and past participle of overdry.

Words near overdried in the dictionary

  1. overdrew the badger
  2. overdribble
  3. overdribbled
  4. overdribbles
  5. overdribbling
  6. overdried
  7. overdries
  8. overdrift
  9. overdrifted
  10. overdrifting
  11. overdrifts

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