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overheals

overheals is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overheal.

Meaning of overheal

Verb (1)

overheal (third-person singular simple present overheals, present participle overhealing, simple past and past participle overhealed)

  1. (intransitive) To heal over.
  2. (intransitive) To heal excessively or beyond the point of normal healing, usually resulting in the formation of scar tissue.
    • First, the tissues can heal slowly and inadequately. Second, the tissues can overheal and deposit and overabundance of fibrotic wound matrix […]2011, Song Li, Nicolas L'Heureux, Jennifer Elisseeff, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering
  3. (transitive) To heal (a character) beyond the usual maximum level of health.

Verb (2)

overheal (third-person singular simple present overheals, present participle overhealing, simple past overhole, past participle overholen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cover over.

Questions about overheals

What is overheals the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overheals is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overheal.

Words near overheals in the dictionary

  1. overheads
  2. overheady
  3. overheal
  4. overhealed
  5. overhealing
  6. overheals
  7. overheap
  8. overheaped
  9. overheaping
  10. overheaps
  11. overhear

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