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overfloating

overfloating is the present participle and gerund of overfloat.

Meaning of overfloat

Verb

overfloat (third-person singular simple present overfloats, present participle overfloating, simple past and past participle overfloated)

  1. (archaic) To overflow.
    • Sundry Fields and Meddowes there are, that are usually overfloated a long time together1654, John Bate, The Mysteryes of Nature, and Art; conteined in foure seuerall Tretises
  2. To float above
    • It's hidden in the perfect overfloating clouds and less than perfect trees whose branches interrupt the sky.2010, Samuel Hazo, Like a Man Gone Mad

Questions about overfloating

What is overfloating the present participle and gerund of?
Overfloating is the present participle and gerund of overfloat.

Words near overfloating in the dictionary

  1. overflies
  2. overflight
  3. overflights
  4. overfloat
  5. overfloated
  6. overfloating
  7. overfloats
  8. overflog
  9. overflogged
  10. overflogging
  11. overflogs

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