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overrise

overrise verb: to rise excessively.

Verb

overrise (third-person singular simple present overrises, present participle overrising, simple past overrose, past participle overrisen)

  1. (ambitransitive) To rise excessively.
    • In high-altitude baking, you don't want as tender a cake because it will overrise, so be wary of cakes with a lot of added sugar and oil.1999, Anne Byrn, The Cake Mix Doctor, Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 14
    • Be careful not to overrise the dough—it might collapse upon being places in a hot oven; […]2004, Eric Treuille, Ursula Ferrigno, Bread: Artisan Breads from Baguettes and Bagels to Focaccia and Brioche, Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN, page 114

Forms of overrise

third-person singular presentoverrises
present participleoverrising
pastoverrose
past participleoverrisen

Origin of overrise

From over- + rise.

Questions about overrise

What does overrise mean?
Overrise means to rise excessively.
What part of speech is overrise?
Overrise is a verb.
What is the past tense of overrise?
The past tense of overrise is overrose.

Words near overrise in the dictionary

  1. overripen
  2. overripened
  3. overripeness
  4. overripening
  5. overripens
  6. overrise
  7. overrisen
  8. overrises
  9. overrising
  10. overroast
  11. overroasted

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