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overshade

overshade verb: to cast a shadow over, to overshadow.

Verb

overshade (third-person singular simple present overshades, present participle overshading, simple past and past participle overshaded)

  1. To cast a shadow over, to overshadow.
    • as a veil, / Waved and o'ershading her wan cheek, appears / Her streaming hair [...].1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, section I

Forms of overshade

third-person singular presentovershades
present participleovershading
past participleovershaded
pastovershaded

Origin of overshade

From over- + shade.

Questions about overshade

What does overshade mean?
Overshade means to cast a shadow over, to overshadow.
What part of speech is overshade?
Overshade is a verb.
What is the past tense of overshade?
The past tense of overshade is overshaded.

Words near overshade in the dictionary

  1. oversexualize
  2. oversexualized
  3. oversexualizes
  4. oversexualizing
  5. oversexy
  6. overshade
  7. overshaded
  8. overshades
  9. overshading
  10. overshadow
  11. overshadowed

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