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overplough

overplough verb: to plough excessively.

Verb

overplough (third-person singular simple present overploughs, present participle overploughing, simple past and past participle overploughed)

  1. To plough excessively.

Forms of overplough

third-person singular presentoverploughs
present participleoverploughing
past participleoverploughed
pastoverploughed
alternative formoverplow

Origin of overplough

From over- + plough.

Questions about overplough

What does overplough mean?
Overplough means to plough excessively.
What part of speech is overplough?
Overplough is a verb.
What is the past tense of overplough?
The past tense of overplough is overploughed.

Words near overplough in the dictionary

  1. overplies
  2. overplot
  3. overplots
  4. overplotted
  5. overplotting
  6. overplough
  7. overploughed
  8. overploughing
  9. overploughs
  10. overplow
  11. overplowed

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