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overlacing

overlacing is the present participle and gerund 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 overlacing

What is overlacing the present participle and gerund of?
Overlacing is the present participle and gerund of overlace.

Words near overlacing in the dictionary

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

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