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overleaning

overleaning is the present participle and gerund of overlean.

Meaning of overlean

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

Questions about overleaning

What is overleaning the present participle and gerund of?
Overleaning is the present participle and gerund of overlean.

Words near overleaning in the dictionary

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

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