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overgliding

overgliding is the present participle and gerund of overglide.

Meaning of overglide

Verb

overglide (third-person singular simple present overglides, present participle overgliding, simple past and past participle overglided)

  1. To glide over.
    • that ſonne the wych was neuer clowd cowd hide
      percyth the cave, and on the harpe diſcendes
      whoſe glancỹg light the cordes did ouerglyde
      And ſuch luyſter apon the harpe extendesc. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Penitential Psalms”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 91r

Questions about overgliding

What is overgliding the present participle and gerund of?
Overgliding is the present participle and gerund of overglide.

Words near overgliding in the dictionary

  1. overglazes
  2. overglazing
  3. overglide
  4. overglided
  5. overglides
  6. overgliding
  7. overgloom
  8. overgloomed
  9. overglooming
  10. overglooms
  11. overgloomy

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