overmake
overmake verb: to make a greater quantity than needed; overproduce; overdo.
Verb
overmake (third-person singular simple present overmakes, present participle overmaking, simple past and past participle overmade)
- To make a greater quantity than needed; overproduce; overdo.
- To make over or anew; recreate; remake.
- In a degree he has to overmake the reading-faculty in every strong-hearted student, who gets to understand him better by repeated perusal […]1921, Denton J. Snider, A Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Noun
overmake (plural overmakes)
- That which is overmade; make-over.
- An oversupply; surplus.
Forms of overmake
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | overmakes |
| present participle | overmaking |
| past participle | overmade |
| past | overmade |
| Noun | |
| plural | overmakes |
Origin of overmake
From over- + make.
Questions about overmake
- What does overmake mean?
- Overmake means to make a greater quantity than needed; overproduce; overdo.
- What part of speech is overmake?
- Overmake can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of overmake?
- The past tense of overmake is overmade.
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