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overfreeze

overfreeze verb: to freeze excessively.

Verb

overfreeze (third-person singular simple present overfreezes, present participle overfreezing, simple past overfroze, past participle overfrozen)

  1. (transitive) To freeze excessively.
    • Letting the temperature […] go too low […] may overfreeze the fish and make them impossible to get out, besides hindering the brine circulation.2023, Michael K. Orbach, Hunters, Seamen, and Entrepreneurs, page 64

Forms of overfreeze

third-person singular presentoverfreezes
present participleoverfreezing
pastoverfroze
past participleoverfrozen

Origin of overfreeze

over- + freeze

Questions about overfreeze

What does overfreeze mean?
Overfreeze means to freeze excessively.
What part of speech is overfreeze?
Overfreeze is a verb.
What is the past tense of overfreeze?
The past tense of overfreeze is overfroze.

Words near overfreeze in the dictionary

  1. overfranks
  2. overfraught
  3. overfree
  4. overfreedom
  5. overfreely
  6. overfreeze
  7. overfreezes
  8. overfreezing
  9. overfreight
  10. overfreighted
  11. overfreighting

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