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overmounting

overmounting is the present participle and gerund of overmount.

Meaning of overmount

Verb

overmount (third-person singular simple present overmounts, present participle overmounting, simple past and past participle overmounted)

  1. (transitive) To tower over; to go or rise higher than.
    • the pretty purple ground-nut, which, despising its name, overmounts the tallest shrubs1845, Sylvester Judd, Margaret: a Tale of Real and Ideal

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Questions about overmounting

What is overmounting the present participle and gerund of?
Overmounting is the present participle and gerund of overmount.

Words near overmounting in the dictionary

  1. overmoulds
  2. overmount
  3. Overmountain Man
  4. Overmountain Men
  5. overmounted
  6. overmounting
  7. overmounts
  8. overmourn
  9. overmournful
  10. overmuch
  11. overmuchness

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