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overkeeping

overkeeping is the present participle and gerund of overkeep.

Meaning of overkeep

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.

Questions about overkeeping

What is overkeeping the present participle and gerund of?
Overkeeping is the present participle and gerund of overkeep.

Words near overkeeping in the dictionary

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

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