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)
- 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
- 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
Questions about overlooping
- What is overlooping the present participle and gerund of?
- Overlooping is the present participle and gerund of overloop.
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