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overroll

overroll verb: to roll too much or too far.

Verb

overroll (third-person singular simple present overrolls, present participle overrolling, simple past and past participle overrolled)

  1. (transitive) To roll too much or too far.

Forms of overroll

third-person singular presentoverrolls
present participleoverrolling
past participleoverrolled
pastoverrolled

Origin of overroll

From over- + roll.

Questions about overroll

What does overroll mean?
Overroll means to roll too much or too far.
What part of speech is overroll?
Overroll is a verb.
What is the past tense of overroll?
The past tense of overroll is overrolled.

Words near overroll in the dictionary

  1. overroasts
  2. overrobe
  3. overrobes
  4. overrode
  5. overrode one's commission
  6. overroll
  7. overrolled
  8. overrolling
  9. overrolls
  10. overromantic
  11. overromantically

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