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overlinger

overlinger verb: to linger or remain for too long.

Verb

overlinger (third-person singular simple present overlingers, present participle overlingering, simple past and past participle overlingered)

  1. (intransitive) To linger or remain for too long.

Forms of overlinger

third-person singular presentoverlingers
present participleoverlingering
past participleoverlingered
pastoverlingered

Origin of overlinger

From over- + linger.

Questions about overlinger

What does overlinger mean?
Overlinger means to linger or remain for too long.
What part of speech is overlinger?
Overlinger is a verb.
What is the past tense of overlinger?
The past tense of overlinger is overlingered.

Words near overlinger in the dictionary

  1. overline
  2. overlined
  3. overlines
  4. overliness
  5. overling
  6. overlinger
  7. overlingered
  8. overlingering
  9. overlingers
  10. overlings
  11. overlining

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