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oversewing

oversewing is the present participle and gerund of oversew.

Meaning of oversew

Verb

oversew (third-person singular simple present oversews, present participle oversewing, simple past oversewed, past participle oversewn)

  1. To sew together the edges of two pieces of fabric, with every stitch passing over the join.

Questions about oversewing

What is oversewing the present participle and gerund of?
Oversewing is the present participle and gerund of oversew.

Words near oversewing in the dictionary

  1. oversevere
  2. overseverely
  3. overseverity
  4. oversew
  5. oversewed
  6. oversewing
  7. oversewn
  8. oversews
  9. oversexed
  10. oversexedness
  11. oversexualization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oversewing (page history and authors); oversew (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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