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oversoak

oversoak verb: to soak for too long.

Verb

oversoak (third-person singular simple present oversoaks, present participle oversoaking, simple past and past participle oversoaked)

  1. (transitive) To soak for too long.
    • If you oversoak lentils, they may begin to germinate.

Forms of oversoak

third-person singular presentoversoaks
present participleoversoaking
past participleoversoaked
pastoversoaked

Origin of oversoak

From over- + soak.

Questions about oversoak

What does oversoak mean?
Oversoak means to soak for too long.
What part of speech is oversoak?
Oversoak is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversoak?
The past tense of oversoak is oversoaked.

Words near oversoak in the dictionary

  1. oversnacked
  2. oversnacking
  3. oversnacks
  4. oversnow
  5. oversnowed
  6. oversoak
  7. oversoaked
  8. oversoaking
  9. oversoaks
  10. oversoar
  11. oversoared

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