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overkeep

overkeep verb: to keep or observe too strictly.

Verb

overkeep (third-person singular simple present overkeeps, present participle overkeeping, simple past and past participle overkept)

  1. (transitive) To keep or observe too strictly.
  2. (transitive) To keep too long.

Forms of overkeep

third-person singular presentoverkeeps
present participleoverkeeping
past participleoverkept
pastoverkept

Origin of overkeep

From over- + keep.

Questions about overkeep

What does overkeep mean?
Overkeep means to keep or observe too strictly.
What part of speech is overkeep?
Overkeep is a verb.
What is the past tense of overkeep?
The past tense of overkeep is overkept.

Words near overkeep in the dictionary

  1. overjuts
  2. overjutted
  3. overjutting
  4. overkeen
  5. overkeenness
  6. overkeep
  7. overkeeping
  8. overkeeps
  9. overkept
  10. overkest
  11. overkill

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