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overheap

overheap verb: to heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of.

Verb

overheap (third-person singular simple present overheaps, present participle overheaping, simple past and past participle overheaped)

  1. (transitive) To heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of.

Forms of overheap

third-person singular presentoverheaps
present participleoverheaping
past participleoverheaped
pastoverheaped

Origin of overheap

From Middle English overhepen (“to give overabundantly; exaggerate”), equivalent to over- + heap.

Questions about overheap

What does overheap mean?
Overheap means to heap too high; heap up excessively; supply too much of.
What part of speech is overheap?
Overheap is a verb.
What is the past tense of overheap?
The past tense of overheap is overheaped.

Words near overheap in the dictionary

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

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