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overshow

overshow verb: to show excessively or too much.

Verb

overshow (third-person singular simple present overshows, present participle overshowing, simple past overshowed, past participle overshown)

  1. (transitive) to show excessively or too much
    • It is a grave mistake to overshow your stock, and one that the novice must always guard against.1912, George A. Townsend, Practical Rabbit Keeping - Page 103

Noun

overshow (plural overshows)

  1. An excessive show or display.
    • His dramatic crying is a bit of an overshow at this point, don't you think?

Forms of overshow

Verb
third-person singular presentovershows
present participleovershowing
pastovershowed
past participleovershown
Noun
pluralovershows

Origin of overshow

From over- + show.

Questions about overshow

What does overshow mean?
Overshow means to show excessively or too much.
What part of speech is overshow?
Overshow can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overshow?
The past tense of overshow is overshowed.

Words near overshow in the dictionary

  1. overshortened
  2. overshortening
  3. overshortens
  4. overshot
  5. overshots
  6. overshow
  7. overshowed
  8. overshower
  9. overshowered
  10. overshowering
  11. overshowers

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