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overshrink

overshrink verb: to shrink excessively.

Verb

overshrink (third-person singular simple present overshrinks, present participle overshrinking, simple past overshrank, past participle overshrunk)

  1. (ambitransitive) To shrink excessively.

Forms of overshrink

third-person singular presentovershrinks
present participleovershrinking
pastovershrank
past participleovershrunk

Origin of overshrink

From over- + shrink.

Questions about overshrink

What does overshrink mean?
Overshrink means to shrink excessively.
What part of speech is overshrink?
Overshrink is a verb.
What is the past tense of overshrink?
The past tense of overshrink is overshrank.

Words near overshrink in the dictionary

  1. overshowing
  2. overshown
  3. overshows
  4. overshrank
  5. overshrewd
  6. overshrink
  7. overshrinking
  8. overshrinks
  9. overshroud
  10. overshrouded
  11. overshrouding

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