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overgroom

overgroom verb: to groom excessively.

Verb

overgroom (third-person singular simple present overgrooms, present participle overgrooming, simple past and past participle overgroomed)

  1. (intransitive, sometimes, transitive) To groom excessively.

Forms of overgroom

third-person singular presentovergrooms
present participleovergrooming
past participleovergroomed
pastovergroomed

Origin of overgroom

From over- + groom.

Questions about overgroom

What does overgroom mean?
Overgroom means to groom excessively.
What part of speech is overgroom?
Overgroom is a verb.
What is the past tense of overgroom?
The past tense of overgroom is overgroomed.

Words near overgroom in the dictionary

  1. overgrind
  2. overgrinding
  3. overgrinds
  4. overgrip
  5. overgrips
  6. overgroom
  7. overgroomed
  8. overgrooming
  9. overgrooms
  10. overgross
  11. overgrossed

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