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overlaces

overlaces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overlace.

Meaning of overlace

Verb

overlace (third-person singular simple present overlaces, present participle overlacing, simple past and past participle overlaced)

  1. (transitive) To spread over in a crossing pattern.
    • Yet there they lie, all the highways and paths and trails, running out from before our very feet to overlace the earth, to carry us whither we will, with all their old allurement […]1907, The Delineator, volume 69, number 4, page 641
  2. To lace excessively.
    • Do not leave sections to become travel stained. Do not overlace, the judge will think you are hiding something.1952, Bee-keepers' Record, page 192

Questions about overlaces

What is overlaces the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overlaces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overlace.

Words near overlaces in the dictionary

  1. overlaboured
  2. overlabouring
  3. overlabours
  4. overlace
  5. overlaced
  6. overlaces
  7. overlacing
  8. overlactation
  9. overlade
  10. overladed
  11. overladen

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