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overgloss

overgloss verb: to make (paper, etc.) too glossy.

Verb

overgloss (third-person singular simple present overglosses, present participle overglossing, simple past and past participle overglossed)

  1. (transitive) To make (paper, etc.) too glossy.
  2. (transitive) To add too many textual glosses to.

Forms of overgloss

third-person singular presentoverglosses
present participleoverglossing
past participleoverglossed
pastoverglossed

Origin of overgloss

From over- + gloss.

Questions about overgloss

What does overgloss mean?
Overgloss means to make (paper, etc.) too glossy.
What part of speech is overgloss?
Overgloss is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgloss?
The past tense of overgloss is overglossed.

Words near overgloss in the dictionary

  1. overglorified
  2. overglorifies
  3. overglorify
  4. overglorifying
  5. overglorious
  6. overgloss
  7. overglossed
  8. overglosses
  9. overglossing
  10. overglow
  11. overglowed

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