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overoil

overoil verb: to oil too much.

Verb

overoil (third-person singular simple present overoils, present participle overoiling, simple past and past participle overoiled)

  1. (transitive) To oil too much.
    Antonyms:
    underoil

Antonyms of overoil

Forms of overoil

third-person singular presentoveroils
present participleoveroiling
past participleoveroiled
pastoveroiled

Origin of overoil

From over- + oil.

Questions about overoil

What does overoil mean?
Overoil means to oil too much.
What part of speech is overoil?
Overoil is a verb.
What is the past tense of overoil?
The past tense of overoil is overoiled.

Words near overoil in the dictionary

  1. overoffending
  2. overoffends
  3. overoffensive
  4. overofficered
  5. overofficious
  6. overoil
  7. overoiled
  8. overoiling
  9. overoils
  10. overoperate
  11. overoperated

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