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oversouring

oversouring is the present participle and gerund of oversour.

Meaning of oversour

Verb

oversour (third-person singular simple present oversours, present participle oversouring, simple past and past participle oversoured)

  1. (intransitive) To become too sour.
    • On warm days the milk might oversour, while on cooler days it would be found comparatively sweet unless a good deal of attention was given to keeping the temperature where it would sour in the proper length of time.1914, John Michels, Creamery Butter-making, page 85

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Questions about oversouring

What is oversouring the present participle and gerund of?
Oversouring is the present participle and gerund of oversour.

Words near oversouring in the dictionary

  1. oversoul
  2. oversouling
  3. oversouls
  4. oversour
  5. oversoured
  6. oversouring
  7. oversours
  8. oversow
  9. oversowed
  10. oversowing
  11. oversown

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