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overgrade

overgrade adjective: having the truss above the roadway.

Adjective

overgrade (not comparable)

  1. (bridge-building) Having the truss above the roadway.

Verb

overgrade (third-person singular simple present overgrades, present participle overgrading, simple past and past participle overgraded)

  1. To award too high a grade to a student or a piece of work.

Forms of overgrade

third-person singular presentovergrades
present participleovergrading
past participleovergraded
pastovergraded

Origin of overgrade

From over- + grade.

Questions about overgrade

What does overgrade mean?
Overgrade means having the truss above the roadway.
What part of speech is overgrade?
Overgrade can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near overgrade in the dictionary

  1. overgown
  2. overgowns
  3. overgrace
  4. overgraced
  5. overgracious
  6. overgrade
  7. overgraded
  8. overgrades
  9. overgrading
  10. overgrain
  11. overgrained

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