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overgrain

overgrain verb: to apply an additional layer of colour to graining, or imitation woodgrain.

Verb

overgrain (third-person singular simple present overgrains, present participle overgraining, simple past and past participle overgrained)

  1. To apply an additional layer of colour to graining, or imitation woodgrain.

Forms of overgrain

third-person singular presentovergrains
present participleovergraining
past participleovergrained
pastovergrained

Origin of overgrain

From over- + grain.

Words formed from overgrain

Questions about overgrain

What does overgrain mean?
Overgrain means to apply an additional layer of colour to graining, or imitation woodgrain.
What part of speech is overgrain?
Overgrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgrain?
The past tense of overgrain is overgrained.

Words near overgrain in the dictionary

  1. overgracious
  2. overgrade
  3. overgraded
  4. overgrades
  5. overgrading
  6. overgrain
  7. overgrained
  8. overgrainer
  9. overgrainers
  10. overgraining
  11. overgrains

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