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overink

overink verb: to apply too much ink to.

Verb

overink (third-person singular simple present overinks, present participle overinking, simple past and past participle overinked)

  1. (transitive) To apply too much ink to.
    • Do not press the stamp hard into the pad, as this overinks the stamp and shortens the life of the pad by squeezing out the ink.2005, Marie Browning, Creative Craft Lettering Made Easy, page 14

Forms of overink

third-person singular presentoverinks
present participleoverinking
past participleoverinked
pastoverinked

Origin of overink

From over- + ink.

Questions about overink

What does overink mean?
Overink means to apply too much ink to.
What part of speech is overink?
Overink is a verb.
What is the past tense of overink?
The past tense of overink is overinked.

Words near overink in the dictionary

  1. overinitiated
  2. overinitiates
  3. overinitiating
  4. overinitiation
  5. overinitiations
  6. overink
  7. overinked
  8. overinking
  9. overinks
  10. overinquisitive
  11. overinsist

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