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overpolish

overpolish verb: to polish too much.

Verb

overpolish (third-person singular simple present overpolishes, present participle overpolishing, simple past and past participle overpolished)

  1. (transitive) To polish too much.

Forms of overpolish

third-person singular presentoverpolishes
present participleoverpolishing
past participleoverpolished
pastoverpolished

Origin of overpolish

From over- + polish.

Questions about overpolish

What does overpolish mean?
Overpolish means to polish too much.
What part of speech is overpolish?
Overpolish is a verb.
What is the past tense of overpolish?
The past tense of overpolish is overpolished.

Words near overpolish in the dictionary

  1. overpolice
  2. overpoliced
  3. overpolices
  4. overpolicing
  5. overpoling
  6. overpolish
  7. overpolished
  8. overpolishes
  9. overpolishing
  10. overpolite
  11. overpolitic

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