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overmast

overmast verb: to furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.

Verb

overmast (third-person singular simple present overmasts, present participle overmasting, simple past and past participle overmasted)

  1. To furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.
    • The double desire of being able to overtake a weaker flying enemy, or to escape when pursued by a stronger, has induced the owners to overmast their cruisers, and to spread too much canvass; […]1838, Benjamin Franklin, edited by Jared Sparks, The works of Benjamin Franklin, volume 6

Forms of overmast

third-person singular presentovermasts
present participleovermasting
past participleovermasted
pastovermasted

Origin of overmast

From over- + mast.

Questions about overmast

What does overmast mean?
Overmast means to furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.
What part of speech is overmast?
Overmast is a verb.
What is the past tense of overmast?
The past tense of overmast is overmasted.

Words near overmast in the dictionary

  1. overmassage
  2. overmassaged
  3. overmassages
  4. overmassaging
  5. overmassive
  6. overmast
  7. overmasted
  8. overmaster
  9. overmastered
  10. overmasterful
  11. overmasterfulness

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