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overlean

overlean verb: to lean over.

Verb

overlean (third-person singular simple present overleans, present participle overleaning, simple past and past participle overleant or overleaned)

  1. (transitive) To lean over.
    • Shapes of brightness overlean thee, / With their diadems of youth / Striking on thy ringlets sheenly […]1840, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Child Asleep

Forms of overlean

third-person singular presentoverleans
present participleoverleaning
past participleoverleant
pastoverleant
past participleoverleaned
pastoverleaned

Origin of overlean

From over- + lean.

Questions about overlean

What does overlean mean?
Overlean means to lean over.
What part of speech is overlean?
Overlean is a verb.
What is the past tense of overlean?
The past tense of overlean is overleant.

Words near overlean in the dictionary

  1. overleaf
  2. overleak
  3. overleaked
  4. overleaking
  5. overleaks
  6. overlean
  7. overleaned
  8. overleaning
  9. overleans
  10. overleant
  11. overleap

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