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overlooping

overlooping is the present participle and gerund of overloop.

Meaning of overloop

Verb

overloop (third-person singular simple present overloops, present participle overlooping, simple past and past participle overlooped)

  1. To loop over.
    • I sometimes form the fabric by passing the weft thread over alternate loops, as, for example, first, the thread a³ overloops in one row, and then that indicated by a⁴ overloops in the next row; this will produce a change in the figure from a square to a diamond in form, and this is done in one way...1871, English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1870, 2301 - 2330, page 9
  2. To loop too much.
    • Lonely atrium mutants, for example, have no distinguishable ventricles, and overlooped embryos have abnormally positioned heart chambers.1997, The Journal of NIH Research, page 5

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Questions about overlooping

What is overlooping the present participle and gerund of?
Overlooping is the present participle and gerund of overloop.

Words near overlooping in the dictionary

  1. overlookers
  2. overlooking
  3. overlooks
  4. overloop
  5. overlooped
  6. overlooping
  7. overloops
  8. overloose
  9. overloosen
  10. overloosened
  11. overloosening

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