overpowdering
overpowdering is the present participle and gerund of overpowder.
Meaning of overpowder
Verb
overpowder (third-person singular simple present overpowders, present participle overpowdering, simple past and past participle overpowdered)
- To use too much powder on.
- Writing in his quaint way of the salt of the word, he says, "Indeed, a man may overpowder, and there is discretion in salting."1868, “Out-of-the-way books and authors; the works of Thomas Adams”, in Putnam's Magazine, volume 1, page 367
Questions about overpowdering
- What is overpowdering the present participle and gerund of?
- Overpowdering is the present participle and gerund of overpowder.
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