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overpad

overpad verb: to pad excessively; to fill with too much padding.

Verb

overpad (third-person singular simple present overpads, present participle overpadding, simple past and past participle overpadded)

  1. (transitive) To pad excessively; to fill with too much padding.
    • Don't overpad your essay with irrelevant points.

Forms of overpad

third-person singular presentoverpads
present participleoverpadding
past participleoverpadded
pastoverpadded

Origin of overpad

From over- + pad.

Questions about overpad

What does overpad mean?
Overpad means to pad excessively; to fill with too much padding.
What part of speech is overpad?
Overpad is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpad?
The past tense of overpad is overpadded.

Words near overpad in the dictionary

  1. overpacked
  2. overpacker
  3. overpackers
  4. overpacking
  5. overpacks
  6. overpad
  7. overpadded
  8. overpadding
  9. overpads
  10. overpage
  11. overpaid

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