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oversharpen

oversharpen verb: to sharpen too much.

Verb

oversharpen (third-person singular simple present oversharpens, present participle oversharpening, simple past and past participle oversharpened)

  1. (transitive) To sharpen too much.

Forms of oversharpen

third-person singular presentoversharpens
present participleoversharpening
past participleoversharpened
pastoversharpened

Origin of oversharpen

From over- + sharpen.

Questions about oversharpen

What does oversharpen mean?
Oversharpen means to sharpen too much.
What part of speech is oversharpen?
Oversharpen is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversharpen?
The past tense of oversharpen is oversharpened.

Words near oversharpen in the dictionary

  1. oversharers
  2. overshares
  3. oversharey
  4. oversharing
  5. oversharp
  6. oversharpen
  7. oversharpened
  8. oversharpening
  9. oversharpens
  10. oversharpness
  11. overshave

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