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overing

overing is the present participle and gerund of over.

Meaning of over

Verb

over (third-person singular simple present overs, present participle overing, simple past and past participle overed)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To go over, or jump over.
    • He overed the fence in good style.
  2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To run about.
    • The cattle have been overing all day because of the flies.

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Phrases with overing

Questions about overing

What is overing the present participle and gerund of?
Overing is the present participle and gerund of over.

Words near overing in the dictionary

  1. overinformed
  2. overinforming
  3. overinforms
  4. overinfusion
  5. overinfusions
  6. overing
  7. overingenious
  8. overingenuity
  9. overingest
  10. overingested
  11. overingesting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overing (page history and authors); over (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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