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overdrowning

overdrowning is the present participle and gerund of overdrown.

Meaning of overdrown

Verb

overdrown (third-person singular simple present overdrowns, present participle overdrowning, simple past and past participle overdrowned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drench or wet to excess.
    • VVhen caſting round her ouer-drovvned eyes, […]1616, William Browne, “The First Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Thomas Snodham for George Norton, […], →OCLC, page 9

Questions about overdrowning

What is overdrowning the present participle and gerund of?
Overdrowning is the present participle and gerund of overdrown.

Words near overdrowning in the dictionary

  1. overdropping
  2. overdrops
  3. overdrove
  4. overdrown
  5. overdrowned
  6. overdrowning
  7. overdrowns
  8. overdrug
  9. overdrugged
  10. overdrugging
  11. overdrugs

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