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oversang

oversang is the simple past of oversing.

Meaning of oversing

Verb

oversing (third-person singular simple present oversings, present participle oversinging, simple past oversang, past participle oversung)

  1. To sing with too much effort or embellishment.
    • Though his songs are hugely ambitious — the majestic bombast of “Llueve Por Dentro,” or the blithe, sinuous dance-pop of “La Mentira” — Mr. Fonsi never oversings them, an impressive demonstration of restraint.2009 February 8, Jon Caramanica, “Voices Newly Amplified by Grammy Nominations”, in New York Times

Questions about oversang

What is oversang the simple past of?
Oversang is the simple past of oversing.

Words near oversang in the dictionary

  1. oversamplings
  2. oversand
  3. oversanded
  4. oversanding
  5. oversands
  6. oversang
  7. oversanguine
  8. oversanguinely
  9. oversanitization
  10. oversat
  11. oversated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oversang (page history and authors); oversing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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