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overholding

overholding is the present participle and gerund of overhold.

Meaning of overhold

Verb

overhold (third-person singular simple present overholds, present participle overholding, simple past overheld, past participle overheld or overholden)

  1. (transitive) To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
    • if he overhold his price so muchc. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (transitive) To hold over; keep.

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Questions about overholding

What is overholding the present participle and gerund of?
Overholding is the present participle and gerund of overhold.

Words near overholding in the dictionary

  1. overhiring
  2. overhit
  3. overhits
  4. overhitting
  5. overhold
  6. overholding
  7. overholds
  8. overhollow
  9. overhollowed
  10. overhollowing
  11. overhollows

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