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overleant

UK/ˌəʊ.və(ɹ)ˈlɛnt/US/ˌoʊ.vɚˈlɛnt/

overleant is the simple past and past participle 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 overleant

What is overleant the simple past and past participle of?
Overleant is the simple past and past participle of overlean.
How do you pronounce overleant?
Overleant is pronounced /ˌəʊ.və(ɹ)ˈlɛnt/ (UK).

Words near overleant in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overleant (page history and authors); overlean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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