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overlocking

overlocking is the present participle and gerund of overlock.

Meaning of overlock

Verb

overlock (third-person singular simple present overlocks, present participle overlocking, simple past and past participle overlocked)

  1. To stitch in this manner.
  2. (transitive) To make the bolt of a lock go too far.
    • The way to open it, then, is to turn the key the other way, as if to overlock the bolt […]1857, Thomas Stewart Traill, The Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Questions about overlocking

What is overlocking the present participle and gerund of?
Overlocking is the present participle and gerund of overlock.

Words near overlocking in the dictionary

  1. overloads
  2. overlock
  3. overlocked
  4. overlocker
  5. overlockers
  6. overlocking
  7. overlocks
  8. overlofty
  9. overlogging
  10. overlogical
  11. overlogically

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